FrankTagliano'StevenVanZandt',isaformerNewYorkmobster,whoaftertestifyinginatrialintheUnitedStates,TaglianojoinsthewitnessprotectionprogramIntriguedbytheplaceafterwatchingtheWinterOlympicsin1994,heisrelocatedtoLillehammerinNorwayThetransitionfrombeingafearedandrespectedgangsterinNewYork,tobecominganunemployedimmigrantinNorway,isnotsimpleFranksoondiscoversthatinordertosucceedinthisruralNorwegiansociety,hemustresorttohisoldways