What have the Himalayas and the little town of Vittula got to do with each other? Not much.During the 1960’s little arrives in the northern Swedish wasteland along its newly tarred roads: only a crazy music teacher, an electric guitar and the knowledge that rock ‘n’ roll will one day save mankind.Matti and Niila dream of a life somewhere out there, away from their drunken families, the elk-hunt and sauna competitions.Their own barriers prove the most difficult to overcome.These invisible limits cut their way through family homes, through forests and over meadows far away from the homeland – and deep into their once inseparable friendship. Rock ‘n’ roll helps them see the world through different eyes. It’s a flash of light on the horizon and the first step towards standing together on the roof of the world.