1943: Nine-year-old Eero whose father is killed during the war is brought to Sweden to foster parents to his protection like thousands of other Finnish children. Eero feels lost, particularly as his foster mother Signe behaves very unfriendly. She was expecting a little girl and still mourns for her daughter who drowned in the sea.

Topi Majaniemi
as Eero Lahti

Marjaana Maijala
as Kirsti Lahti - Eeron äiti

Maria Lundqvist
as Signe Jönsson - äiti Ruotsissa

Michael Nyqvist
as Hjalmar Jönsson - isä Ruotsissa

Esko Salminen
as Eero Lahti - nykyaika

Aino-Maija Tikkanen
as Kirsti Lahti - nykyaika

Leif Andrée
as Gunnar

Marie Göranzon
as Rouva Grevnäs

Gustav Wiklund
as Pappi

Kari-Pekka Toivonen
as Lauri - Eeron isä