Film kısa süre önce babası intihar eden ve kendisi de işlemediği bir cinayet yüzünden suçlanan Finlandiyalı maden işçisi Taisto Kasurinen'in hikayesini anlatır. Hapisteyken ülkeyi terk etmek ve yeni bir hayata başlamakla ilgili hayaller kurmaya başlar. Sonunda hapisten kaçar ama işler planladığı gibi gitmez...

Ariel

Antti "Zombie" Autiomaa does two things well: play the bass guitar and drink. After several months' sleeping on the streets of Istanbul, he returns to Helsinki where he's called into the army but discharged on mental health grounds after adding turpentine to the officers' soup. Zombie lives bleary-eyed in an apartment off his parents' house where his lonely, unemployed father suffers from heart disease. His girl-friend Marjo has taken up with a hairdresser but comes back to Zombie. His friend Harri hires him as a roadie for his band "Harry and the Mulefukkers" then gives him a chance as a bass player. He has his girl and he has a gig, but can Zombie put the bottle down?

Zombi ve Hayalet Tren

Detective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.