Emily takes a job as a counselor at a summer camp and finds a coven of witches ready to show her a path to healing.

　　Set in Ålesund, A Human Position is a slow-paced film that unfolds in successive tableaux, to form a complete picture of the subtle changes and events that make up one's life. It explores the persistence of memory and trauma, the definition of one's moral values, and the possibility of joy.
　　Asta is a journalist in Ålesund who seems plunged in a melancholic state, for a reason we discover bit by bit. Her supportive girlfriend refurbishes design chairs and plays the keyboard, while their kitten wanders around the house. One day, Asta reads a story in a newspaper about an asylum-seeker who is being forcefully evicted from Norway after having lived and worked a decade in the country. Gradually, Asta becomes more involved in learning about the case, and she has to find her position - both in her work and in her personal life.
　　This beautifully-crafted film, bathed in soft colours, is a meticulous observation of Asta's life after an unnamed trauma, and as external events invite her to reconsider her own relationship to reality. One newspaper article she reads is entitled, "Confronting our social conscience", which is one of the topics of A Human Position. It's also a low-key love story, with its routines and ups-and-downs, which feels very real.

　　沙漠里一所小学拥有的唯一一个水缸被打破了，于是喝水成了迫在眉睫的问题。为了解决水缸问题，校长使用了许多办法。先是说服一个家长来修理，却因为修理材料要用到鸡蛋而搁浅，原因是家家都舍不得贡献出鸡蛋。终于把鸡蛋问题解决后，修好的水缸很快又出现了裂缝。无奈之下，校长把求助的目光投向了政府，等待政府伸出援手是一个漫长的过程，在缺乏水喝的时间里，有学生跑到远处的小河解渴，事故发生了，有个学生不小心掉到水里。在这种情况下，村里一个泼辣的妇女发起了募捐活动，终于凑够了买水缸的钱。大家把钱交给了妇女的侄子到城里买水缸，然而侄子拿了钱，迟迟未归。村里顿时谣言四起，怀疑有人贪污吞钱。终于，侄子把水缸背回来了，沙漠里又回复了平静。

　　20世纪50年代，小男孩英格玛（Anton Glanzelius 饰）和体弱多病的妈妈（Anki Lidén 饰）、经常欺负自己的哥哥以及心爱的小狗，住在瑞典某个平静的小镇上。他的父亲离家而去，母亲又长年为疾病所困扰。两个小男孩根本不能融洽相处，经常在家里打得沸反盈天。 不堪其扰的母亲决定将他们分别送到亲戚家寄养。如小狗一样被赶出家的英格玛，却由此见到了另一片广阔的天空……
　　本片荣获1987年丹麦影评人奖最佳欧洲影片奖、1988年波士顿影评人社团奖最佳外语片奖、1988年金球奖最佳外语片奖、1987年西雅图国际电影节最佳影片奖、1986年瑞典金像奖最佳男主角（Anton Glanzelius）和最佳影片。