Gondolen is a multi-plot film about a young writer from Stockholm possessed by his theory on light and darkness- a metaphor for people connecting. We follow him and four other characters who through their own vanity and various conflicts eventually prove his theory to be right.
A beautiful woman turns to prostitution. She must surrender her income to the leader of a human trafficking ring, but her daughter’s illness and a drug addiction prevents her from delivering her usual share.
An unexpected event will give her the opportunity to stop obeying and take justice into her own hands.