Before the Frost

یک کشاورز فقیر در دانمارک قرن نوزدهم، تلاش می‌کند تا دخترش را به‌منظور دستیابی به یک زندگی بهتر به ازدواج یک ملّاکِ ثروتمند درآورد. اما آرزوهای او تحت تأثیر سرنوشت بی‌رحم، یکی پس از دیگری نقش بر آب می‌شوند.

The film takes place somewhere in the Danish countryside in the middle of the 19th century. Here within a small Danish peasant family, harsh circumstances reign. With the prospect of yet another tough winter, the farmer Jens faces an unbearable choice. If the family is to survive the winter, he must settle an agreement with the rich farmer nearby and forsake his own moral as well as his most precious possession, in an effort to secure them all a better life.