Pirjo Leppänen

When young Nikolas is orphaned, he is adopted by each house in his village for a year. After he leaves the house, he gives them a Christmas gift and continues the tradition even after he grows up.

A struggling mine owner supplies his workers with drugs so they'll forget a tough existence. Nearby a small community of reindeer breeders also struggles.This critique of capitalism unfolds against a Western like Lapland landscape.