A sequel to Soinio's film Kuutamosonaatti (Moonlight Sonata) of 1988. A rural family clings to life until the resourceful Sulo uses the salvific powers of sauna, moonshine, and tar to resurrect his injured brother Arvo, their deceased mother, and even buried revolutionaries. When Arvo drifts to Helsinki and falls into illicit moonshining and wild pursuits of a celebrity, Sulo and their revived mother set out to retrieve him from his urban excesses.

Soli Labbart
as Äiti Kyyrölä

Kari Sorvali
as Arvo Kyyrölä

Mikko Kivinen
as Sulo Kyyrölä

Erkki Pajala
as Isä Kyyrölä

Matti Tuominen
as Edward Allan

Katariina Souri
as Kata

Ilkka Koivula
as Unto Wilhelm Kaipainen

Vesa Vierikko
as Tenkanen

Esa Anttila
as Kyyrölän punakaartin jäsen

Seppo Juusonen
as Kyyrölän punakaartin jäsen