Darling

Eva (Meadows) is a twenty-something girl from an upperclass family, with divorced parents. She lives a care-free, self-indulgent life in the posher parts of Stockholm. She works as an assistant in a fashion shop, goes out with young handsome Micke and is seen in all the right places. Emotionally she is running on empty though. After a banal one-night stand she finds herself ignored by her friends and on top of this she loses her job which leads to financial struggles since her mother wants her to make do on her own.

Electrical engineer Bernard is divorced since a year back. He is stuck alone in the house which is too big and too expensive for him with no family. At 61 years of age he is desperate for money and goes on a string of hopeless job interviews, taking whatever short-term jobs he can get. Despite all the adversities her remains a sympathetic, optimistic and gentle man, albeit too easily bossed around.

After losing a door-to-door salesman job he is employed at a McDonald’s. A month later, Eva starts working at the same restaurant, set on only remaining for a few weeks to qualify for her dole payments. They start talking and find that they get along well, recognizing a kindred soul in forced solitude. –IMDb