Soft Armor is an adult coming-of-age film about being passive to the world you live in, but then meeting someone who does the opposite and through them finding the courage to live your own life and challenge the world.

Bengt is equally surprised and moved when Ellen shows up unannounced. Tentatively, they begin to approach each other through shared memories and experiences, while the neighbors’ children run riot outside and the record player blasts DDR punk by Namenlos.