Johnny er en helt almindelig ung mand i et arbejdermiljø i 1950'erne. Hans forældre er rare, stilfærdige mennesker, og det er hans bedstemor, der gør ham bevidst om hans muligheder.

From a working class coming-of-age novel, Morten Arnfred fashioned his feature film to recapture the feel, the sting, the pain, but also the spirit of solidarity of the 1950s in the metropolitan city of Copenhagen: at the center, young Johnny, helpless, hapless, happy, unhappy, going through the motions of growing up. Bodil awards: Best Film and Best Actor (Allan Olsen).