Mikael, an elderly and seriously ill photographer, meets a beautiful young man named Pauli online and invites him to his home. What was meant to be a purely sexual encounter soon reveals deeper meanings on both sides—meanings that begin to shape the course of events. The roles of viewer and viewed begin to shift, the line between care and eroticism blurs, and the men's pasts rise to the surface during the brief time they spend locked inside Mikael's apartment. Why is Mikael unable to surrender to being the object of desire and care? Is Pauli trying to atone for something?