"Haikeren" (The Passenger) is about Torgeir, a simple and a lonely soul. To release himself from the loneliness he decides to pick up a blind hitchhiker, Oskar, even though he has no ambition to drive him to where he wants to go.Instead he drives around in circles with Oskar just for the sake of his company. It is an unexpected meeting between two lonely people, who together embark on a journey through the night. In a surprising way, this may prove to be the start of a strange friendship.