FrankTagliano('StevenVanZandt'),ismingtian6.comaformerNewYorkmobster,whoaftertestifyinginatrialintheUnitedStates,Taglianojoinsthewitnessprotectionprogram.IntriguedbytheplaceafterwatchingtheWinterOlympicsin1994,heisrelocatedtoLillehammerinNorway.ThetransitionfrombeingafearedandrespectedgangsterinNewYork,tobecominganunemployedimmigrantinNorway,isnotsimple.FranksoondiscoversthatinordertosucceedinthisruralNorwegiansociety,hemustresorttohisoldways.

FrankTagliano('StevenVanZandt'),isaformerNewYorkmobster,whoaftertestifyinginatrialintheUnitedStates,Taglianojoinsthewitnessprotectionprogram.IntriguedbytheplaceafterwatchingtheWinterOlympicsin1994,heisrelocatedtoLillehammerinNorway.ThetransitionfrombeingafearedandrespectedgangsterinNewYork,tobecominganunemployedimmigrantinNorway,isnotsimple.FranksoondiscoversthatinordertosucceedinthisruralNorwegiansociety,hemustresorttohisoldways.

纽约意大利黑帮头目弗兰克（StevenVanZandt饰）因与新的家族老大不和，转做FBI的证人。在证人保护计划在移民到了挪威小镇利勒哈默尔（Lilyhammer，1994年冬奥会举办地）。此地风景秀美，堪称人间天堂。不过很快，富有"生意头脑"的弗兰克就重操旧业，干起了黑帮的老买卖