酷爱摇滚的高中生汤姆在学校饱受欺负，唯有音乐可以给他信心和勇气。一天，他发现楼下搬来了一个神秘的臭脾气大叔，并认出他居然是十年前红极一时的摇滚教父史蒂夫。因为欠了一屁股债遭到警察追捕，并且深深自责自己疏于照顾导致儿子溺水身亡，史蒂夫在八年前就伪造了自己的死亡证明，逃离公众视野。学琴心切的汤姆以公开身份作为制约让史蒂夫开…

based on a script by Bornedal, Shadows in My Eyes (Skyggen i mit ?je) will focus on the bombing of the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen in 1945, one of the most tragic events in Denmark during WW2, when the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the French School in Copenhagen, killing several children and nuns.