When the coal mine of Qutdligssat is shut down, not only do the miners lose their jobs. A town of 2000 inhabitants is deprived of the basis of its existence. The people must either move, or they migrate, or they are subject to forced resettlement. The film follows the widowed miner Lase and his six children, who move from Qutdligssat to their new home in Frederikshåb, where Lase finds a job in a fish factory. Statements made by the affected people alternate with long takes that show everyday life in a place buffeted by economic interests. Per Kirkeby spent a lot of time on Greenland, initially as a young geologist. His co-director came to fame as a Greenlandic politician. Their film "Nedlæggelsen af kulminen i Qutdligssat" is "the first ever film to be made according to Greenlandic premisses. (Werner Sperschneider).