《在糟糕的日子里》一对出现婚配问题的佳耦前往一个悠远的小屋从新修好，但他们都有殛毙对方的狡计。就在他们履行计划前，不测的访客来了，他们面临着更大的危险。

故事产生在冬天的挪威，缄默沉静内敛又辛劳事情的尼尔斯负责驾驶马力微小的除雪车清理路途，贯穿连接通往他所居住的冰原小镇的山路进口通顺。他的事情遭到同伙们的肯定，就在他刚刚被评为年度市平易近时，他却接到凶讯——他的儿子死于海洛因过量。尼尔斯回尽接收关于儿子之死的官方解释，他开端奥秘寻觅殛毙他儿子的嫌疑凶手。一个不测的 事务…

About a pompous, aging alcoholic and a tourettes-inflicted ten-year-old boy who are forced to spend a week together at a high-end hotel. The only thing these two have in common is that they are both difficult to like. The hotel serves as their shared escape from the outside world and the problems it presents.