Sisters Kiia and Eija moved away from the village of Pirunperä in Kainuu after their father committed suicide. Kiia has become a sculptor and is plagued by nightmares related to her home village. Kiia returns to her hometown to create sculptures for the local church. At the same time, she investigates her father's and her hometown's past.

After being struggling to finish his ninth book, an irrelevant author decides to try change his methods.

Movie about family called Virtanen in Finland under regime of Urho Kaleva Kekkonen, who ruled the country over 25 years.