FrankTagliano'StevenVanZandt',ismingtian6comaformerNewYorkmobster,whoaftertestifyinginatrialintheUnitedStates,TaglianojoinsthewitnessprotectionprogramIntriguedbytheplaceafterwatchingtheWinterOlympicsin1994,heisrelocatedtoLillehammerinNorwayThetransitionfrombeingafearedandrespectedgangsterinNewYork,tobecominganunemployedimmigrantinNorway,isnotsimpleFranksoondiscoversthatinordertosucceedinthisruralNorwegiansociety,hemustresorttohisoldways