Tapio, as family man is deep in debt and married to a financially irresponsible woman he cannot control. To avoid disaster, he starts doing questionable jobs for a career criminal.
1944年夏天的卡累利阿，苏军发动了有压倒性优势的攻势，阿尔奈来不及和未婚夫马塔尔完婚，她带着刚生下儿子的希尔卡、祖母等亲戚加入了混乱的撤退行列
