Pasi returns to his childhood town, asked to reconfigure the local plywood factory. With a child on the way with his upper-class wife, Pasi sees an opportunity – this is his ticket to climb the professional ladder in the company. On arrival, he bumps into his childhood friend Janne, who works in the factory he is about to downsize. Pasi begins to struggle with the fact that he is supposed to care for the profits – not for the people.

《森林传说》是一部适合举家一同观赏的影片，它介绍了芬兰独一无二的森林和森林中形形色色、异彩纷呈的生物。电影中的主角是森林中的各种生物：熊、驼鹿、蛇、猫头鹰、蚂蚁、青蛙、鼯鼠，以及古老的精灵鸟类如北噪鸦、乌林鸮，还有很多其他的生物。更难得的是，它是一部完全用自然的语言来拍摄的电影，其真实性是《森林传说》获得的空前成功的原因之一。它的简约优美赢得了评论家的盛赞，让观众趋之若鹜。观众欣赏着舒缓的节奏中独特的自然景观，和借用北方森林的古老神话传说讲述的故事。