9-year old Karl Lejon, 'Skorpan' is suffering from tuberculosis and knows that he will die soon. But his older brother Jonathan tries to comfort him by promising that they one day will meet in Nangijala, a magic country beyond the stars. Jonathan dies in a house fire and Skorpan also dies not long after. They meet in Nangijala, a country divided into the Cherry Blossom Valley and the Briar-Bush Valley. The people in the later are oppressed by the black knight Tengil and his dragon Katla. The two brothers, who now call themselves Jonathan and Karl Lion Heart, decide to help the freedom fighters against the oppression.
Johan Falk hasn't been working for over a year since he reassigned from the police.
Most of all he wants to move out to the countryside, but fate has a different thought.
It is written that 490 times you can sin and be forgiven. This motion picture is about the 491st. Cast almost entirely with amateurs, 491 is an extremely realistic story of six young boys who belong in prison.
Instead, they live in a derelict old house in central Stockholm under the supervision of a social worker.
