影片讲述了Mielens?pahoittaja这个来自乡下的怪老头在进城后发生的一连串哭笑不得的搞笑经历。影片当中有很多细节都在反应时代背景下的社会现象，这些都和芬兰的历史结构有关。老人认为时代的变迁摧毁了他美好的生活，曾经的他并没有现在这么槽糕，而如今的他，只能怀念过去的一切美好事物：家人、房子、朋友……

Viktor Kärppä was forced involuntarily in the middle of Russia's internal power struggle. Soon bunch of assassins as well as Security Police are trying to catch Kärppä. Kärppä's family is also in great danger. In order to save themselves and their families they need to resort to Kärppäs friend, the police Korhonen , as well as his brother Aleksei.