Plot Summary:Summer 1944 in Finnish Karelia; after a long lull, the Soviet army launches an overwhelming offensive that throws everything into disarray. Martta has barely time to marry Aarne before she is evacuated with relatives Hilkka who has just given birth to a son Helmi Elisa, the children, and their grandmother. In the confusion of the retreat, the women try to hold together and cross the paths of Aarne and Arttu, the only surviving brother of war-widow Helmi Elisa. Implacably, war takes its toll of suffering and death among civilians and soldiers.
1944年夏天的卡累利阿,苏军发动了有压倒性优势的攻势,阿尔奈来不及和未婚夫马塔尔完婚,她带着刚生下儿子的希尔卡、祖母等亲戚加入了混乱的撤退行列