COLD LUNCH is a multi-plot drama about five people who live in the same neighborhood in Oslo. While Christer is down in the basement laundry room, he suddenly remembers he′s got his house rent money in the shirt pocket. In an attempt to save the money, he disconnects the main fuse in order to stop the washing machine. As the caretaker puts in a new fuse, an old man is fumbling with the fuses in a fuse box upstairs and dies instantly. His daughter, Leni is now alone for the first time in her life. Young mother Heidi is in the washroom to get her laundry, but discovers that the machines have stopped. She is in a hurry, and has to take with her the clothes still wet. Without being aware of it, Christer has set a train of events in motion.
