Carmen Curlers

Axel Byvang is having a shave when he overhears a woman asking to have her hair done for her son’s confirmation. Shortly after the woman leaves, humiliated, Axel finds an ad looking for investors for the invention of an electric curler.

Although the curler still does not work, Axel signs up for the year's largest beauty fair in Copenhagen, where he will demonstrate Axel’s Curlers. Will he be ready? Meanwhile, Birthe has a crisis at home.

Axel has hit rock bottom. His customers--and his wife and son--have disappeared. As Frans tries to bring Axel out of his despair, Birthe gets a job as a clerk in the TV store.

Factory construction for Carmen Curlers is well underway--much to the dismay of Poul, Axel’s boyhood tormentor. But to keep things moving, Axel must pull some strings to get his curlers in stores for Christmas.

The Carmen Curler factory exudes life. Everyone is busy and the hallways are like a train station--but Frans has never felt so alone. Is it time for a change?