Andreas does not step on the lines when he walks on the pavement. Now and then he knocks his chest when he wants to protect himself. 9-year-old Andreas is carrying something unbearable: When it was his mother's birthday, he and his big brother Mikkel made a joke. Great success. Everybody was happy and Andreas got drunk. The next morning his father would take Mikkel to school on his motor cycle. But a traffic accident kills Mikkel and gives his father a brooding disposition. The family moves into a new house to start afresh. But neither the new house nor the kind, new class and teacher are able to relieve Andreas' great sorrow. He speaks to Mikkel through a home-made walkie-talkie. He gets the obsession that it is only a question of putting the clock back. He observes many rules and makes many tests.
Andreas træder ikke på streger, når han går på fortovet. Han dunker sig ind imellem besværgende for brystet, når han skal beskytte sig. Lille 9-årige Andreas bærer på noget ubærligt: Da moderen holdt stor fødselsdag, optrådte han og storebror Mikkel med en vittighed. Stor succes. Alle havde det skægt, og Andreas blev fuld i Martini. Næste morgen ville faderen på sin motorcykel køre Mikkel i skole, men et færdselsuheld dræber Mikkel og giver faderen en gipskrave og et plaget sind. Familien flytter til et nyt hus for at begynde på en frisk, men hverken det nye hus eller den venlige nye skoleklasse og lærer kan for alvor dulme Andreas' store sorg.
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