该电影根据Virpi Hämeen-Anttila同名小说改编。电影的主人公是患有癫痫病的Sari和被妻子抛弃的Mikko。Mikko在一次讲座上认识了Sari，两人最终相爱。

Sari is a young, beautiful and intelligent girl who is busy studying at university,but she suffers from epilepsy and has to face death on a daily basis. Mikko is hersomewhat older university teacher, who is tired of life, and who one day decides toabandon his wife, children and idea of a perfect life. Both characters have been tooscared to live their lives to the brim for too long. But they meet, and in spite oftheir prejudices and reserved natures, they manage to create a dramatic and movingmodern romance which confronts numerous taboos. While the imagery explores theboundary between life and death in a most poetic way, the odd couple's romance istold with both bite and humour. Society - be it in the shape of angry ex-wives,overprotective parents, conservative aunts or embittered colleagues - is doing whatit can to put a spanner in the works."

在芬兰警局供职多年的Timo，每天都周旋于形形色色的凶案罪犯之间，长年疲于工作，使得他疏于对家人的照顾。女儿在一次意外的派对中遭人强奸，成为他心中挥之不去的阴影。此时，一名神秘案犯走进了他的生活，提莫如何在重重阴霾下抓出真凶……

It is the summer of 1941 and the Finnish army has been mobilized along the border with Russia. A platoon led by Lt. Eero Perkola is waiting for orders to go on the offensive. The platoon receives orders for a recon mission through the wilderness around the Lieksa lake to search for possible Russian defensive positions.