In the 1930s, middle-aged museum curator Tauno Saarinen yearns for a young beautiful maid and writes a lengthy confession about his feelings which he gives his wife Elisabet to read. Elisabet shows the writings to her husband's sister Naimi, an art critic who tries to reconcile with her ex-husband despite a spiteful mother-in-law. Meanwhile, things gets worse between Tauno and Elisabet when the young maid, seduced by Tauno, becomes pregnant. Based on a novel by Helvi Hämäläinen, first published in 1941 but partly censored until 1995 because allegedly based on true incidents involving well-known people.

The father of a Finnish family brings home a cute puppy, Stormheart. No one in the family knows anything about the dog. Little by little, the mystery of Stormheart unravels and the dog's new owners learn more about him. They find out that Stormheart's parents had served as guard dogs at the Berlin Wall. Pearl, the 7-year-old daughter of the Finnish family, takes the puppy under her wing and Stormheart, who grows up to the size of a bear, undertakes the task of removing all dangers, threats and obstacles from the path of Pearl.

希弗（Katriina Tavi 饰）和希索（Tilda Kiianlehto 饰）是情同手足的姐妹，两人虽然性格迥异，但彼此之间感情十分要好。两姐妹的邻居是海尔加（Merja Larivaara 饰）和哈丽丝（Päivi Akonpelto 饰），她们亦是一对姐妹。希弗和希索常常到海尔加姐妹的家中玩耍，后者十分疼爱这两个惹人怜的小姑娘。 希弗很快就到了要去上学的年纪，她的离去让希索十分没有安全感，情绪低落。为了安抚希索，父母举办了一场别开生面的家庭运动会，虽然最终希索获得了胜利，但她并没有遵守比赛规则，这让希弗感到愤怒。更糟的是，爸爸和妈妈都护着希索，这教希弗更加伤心，她决定再也不要和这些不讲信用的人们说话了。