
A story set over one night in a small rural community we watch various relationships and actions among local people; these include birth, death, and conflicts fuelled by alcohol. The fates of various characters become interlaced over a long and light-filled summer night in the Finnish countryside. Lumberjacks, a deer-eyed young man Nokia, a family of poor farmers, a young girl and her lover. New life is born, old life dies, man is slain in his prime, and his widow continues her life.

as Helka

as Nokia

as Hilja Syrjämäki

as Jalmari Syrjämäki

as Arvid

as Teliranta

as Martta Teliranta

as Old lady of Teliranta

as Santra Mettälä

as Jukka Mettälä

as Selma Teliranta

as Matti Puolamäki

as Constable

as Doctor

as base farm host

as "gentlemanly" man in Mettälä

as old granny on the road

as liquor dealer

as the man of the cottage

as Emmi

as Selma's boyfriend

as Iivari Pietilä