A celebrated violin player, Karin, has to end her stellar career after a car accident makes her fingers stop working their magic. She starts teaching students who are twenty years younger than her, only to find herself falling in love with Antti, one of her students. They are not an easy match, both being passionate about the music and overly ambitious about their careers.

Piyanist

A young and ambitious civil servant Jussi finds himself being in charge of the environmental permit of a huge nickel and uranium mine in Northern Finland. The Talvivaara mine, led by a charismatic globe trotting visioner Pekka Perä is introducing an entirely new method of collecting minerals whilst creating jobs in one of the poorest areas in Scandinavia. Jussi slowly discovers that he has been led astray by several people and that the new method has serious downsides he did not forsee. The mine is causing environmental hazards that are being hushed down. A new application for another permit is brough to his table by the same mine. Along with the application comes an interesting job offer and a chance of a new beginning. Jussi has to decide whether he will play along and if so, with whom.

The Mine

In 2017 Finland celebrates 100 years of independence. The famous philosopher Bruno is curing his writers' block in Lapland, when he gets an invitation to the President's Grand Ball in Helsinki. The railway systems are frozen and he misses the only plane, but the Laplander Jallu agrees to drive him 1200 km (745 miles) south.

The Independence Day Ball

Gerçek hayatta yaşanmış olayları konu alan filmde, 1918 yılında Alman toplama kampında esir olarak tutulan Finlandiyalı tiyatro topluluğunun hikayesi konu alınıyor. Bir Alman generalin ziyaret edeceği öğrenilince, kampın sorumlusu albay, tiyatro grubuna ölüm cezasından kurtulabilmeleri için bir fırsat verir. Sahneleyecekleri gösteride generali ve yanında getirdiği kişileri güldürebilirlerse yaşayacaklar, güldüremezlerse infaz edileceklerdir.