
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.
Helka

Nokia

Hilja Syrjämäki

Jalmari Syrjämäki

Arvid

Teliranta
Martta Teliranta

Old lady of Teliranta
Santra Mettälä
Jukka Mettälä

Selma Teliranta
Matti Puolamäki
Constable
Doctor

base farm host

"gentlemanly" man in Mettälä
old granny on the road
liquor dealer

the man of the cottage
Emmi
Selma's boyfriend
Iivari Pietilä