Absalom's Hair

Harald Kaas is a man whose legend looms as large as the elk head that crowns his hallway. At sixty, his once‑towering physique has begun to crumble—stooped back, ragged locks, a missing finger—but the stories he tells from his fire‑lit log chair still echo with the vigor of his younger exploits. His sprawling estate, Hellebergene, sits on a rugged coast where woods meet the sea, its rooms lined with trophies, skins, and the unmistakable “man‑smell” of tobacco and wilderness. Visitors are drawn to the palpable sense of a life lived on the edge of nature and bravado.

When four women—an elderly matriarch and three younger relatives—arrive for a summer stay, the quiet of the house is broken by Harald’s unabashed presence. Their nervous curiosity turns to alarm when, at dawn, they witness their host strolling the shore completely naked, a spectacle that hints at the unsettling mix of charisma and unpredictability that defines him. The stage is set for a summer that will test the boundaries