
Manne, Harri, and Ville Alfa are rootless twenty-somethings in search of purpose for their banal lives. After Manne steals a priceless painting from a group of petty criminals, Manne and Harri flee from the gangsters across Finland, while Ville goes to Paris. On the road they meet Veera, an old girlfriend of Harri's, and try to avoid the gangsters in pursuit.



Young Alex Sammakko has seen his brothers defy the law in a series of deeds that first land them in jail, and then, after they escape and return to their rural home, land them back in the lap of their locally notorious family. Alex wants nothing to do with them. He is in love with Mirja, whose family is not that different from the Sammakko's, but who shares Alex's viewpoints and feelings. Not helping matters is a police department convinced that all Sammakkos are bad, and the family itself, pressuring Alex to follow in their murky footsteps.




11-year-old Kiti does something forbidden: she secretly opens her Christmas present ahead of time. The package has clearly been switched, and Kiti begins to investigate the matter. Before Christmas Eve comes to an end, the culprit is revealed. Who is the thief, and what is the reason for the theft?



The new family's home is like a dream. In addition to furniture, your, mine and our children, as well as mother-in-law, neighbors and attitudes, are looking for a place. Ilpo and Marita are modern and successful. Careers are piling up, as are bills, pimples and surprise guests. There is Mobira, but are there values - or crispbread in the cupboard? The fourteen-part drama comedy Rivataloelämää is a TV2 Draaama production from 1989.



This is a sad story of Eros and Psyche. Sadder than the ancient myth that was only a dream after all. In my story, the characters learn nothing.
