善良的雅各•彼得森（麦德斯•米科尔森 饰）在印度开了一间孤儿院，致力救济无家可归的孤儿。当他的孤儿院正面临倒闭危机的时候却收到了一笔来自一名叫乔真（罗夫•拉斯加德 饰）的丹麦商人的慷慨捐款。但这名商人却附带了一个条件，他要求雅各离开印度，前往去参加他女儿的婚礼。为了得到捐款，雅各独自前往了丹麦。因为答应了孤儿院里某个孩子要为他办生日会，所以雅各也订好了回印度的行程。后来他找到了乔真，雅各发现他是个傲慢的人，而且乔真因为酗酒留下了后遗症他应邀出席了婚礼，婚礼上他遇到了乔真的妻子海伦（西德斯•巴比特•科努德森 饰），即使多年没见，他们两还是认出了彼此……©豆瓣

The 13-year-old Iqbal is a charming, imaginative and fun boy, which, according to his father, is not enough if one is to succeed in the world. But when Iqbal, his little brother Tariq (11 years) and their friend Sille, accidentally blow up their school, his father is the slightest of his problems. The two crooks, Easelman and The Swine, want to get hold of the randomly home brewed explosive and blow up Tivoli to build the biggest parking facility in Scandinavia. To blackmail the kids for the recipe the two crooks kidnap the adorable little brother Dindua (6 years). The hunt to free Dindua and save Tivoli starts - and this requires cooperation, courage and a lot of imaginative ideas, which Iqbal is an expert in delivering.