A story of five Finnish youth growing up during the devastating '90s recession. They live in the small timber industrial town of Heinola. As the parents of these young teens struggle through hard economic times, the five very different youths meet by coincidence to form the punk band Apulanta.

Nightmare 2 – Painajainen jatkuu (Nightmare 2 - nightmare continues) is a sequel to the horror film Nightmare – painajainen merellä (Nightmare - nightmare at the sea), continuing the horror spin-off series of a popular Finnish daytime soap opera Salatut Elämät (Secret Lives).

Katri's husband has died in the Finnish Winter War. When the Continuation War begins, Katri volunteers to work in a Helsinki military hospital. She is courted by a patient, a poetry-reciting countryman bound to be released from service. In the same time, she dates old school friend Eero who even goes AWOL to be near her. As the war continues, Katri has to make difficult decisions about her life.