影片讲述了Mielens?pahoittaja这个来自乡下的怪老头在进城后发生的一连串哭笑不得的搞笑经历。影片当中有很多细节都在反应时代背景下的社会现象，这些都和芬兰的历史结构有关。老人认为时代的变迁摧毁了他美好的生活，曾经的他并没有现在这么槽糕，而如今的他，只能怀念过去的一切美好事物：家人、房子、朋友……

The years have passed and the children have flown from the nest to the world... except they haven't. On the contrary. Jonna and Junnu have been lured back home, with the addition of Jonna's child, by a house that will soon be empty. The parents, who are of retirement age, are about to move to Spain - as soon as the father can tell his employer that he is quitting his job as a taxi driver. But the father's plans are changed when his boss buys his taxi company a new vehicle, a luxury Mercedes with all the bells and whistles. His pension, Spain, wife and common sense all vanish as he is left with one obsessive goal: to get behind the wheel of his coveted Mercedes one single time. Eventually his dream comes true, but at a cost. The father discovers he has put the whole family in such dire straits that the only way out is to steal the dead man's briefcase.