介绍：811 AD, a family, isolated in their home, deep in the woods a few days travel from Birka. They are poor. The hunting and fishing has been bad for some time, and the father, Joar, takes the desperate measure of going on a Viking raid. Joar does not return for a long time, and the family starts to fear he never will. Runa, the oldest daughter, takes over her fathers chores in his absence. She misses him dearly and nourishes a tender hope that he, once again, will return to them. But in her heart, somehow she knows, that the suffering of the family has just begun. There is something in the air, something in the water, the wind and in the soil. Runa is becoming aware of something vile, something dangerous out in the forest. One day when she is out hunting, she finds a bleeding man, a warrior, almost unconscious. She brings him inside and the family tend to his wounds. As he heals, she realizes he is sent to protect the family from an approaching evil. And he brings news of her father.

介绍：爱娜（卡蒂·奥廷宁 Kati Outinen 饰）和凯瑞（Kari Väänänen 饰）是一对感情十分要好的夫妻，他们一个是餐厅经理，一个是电车司机，尽管经济并不宽裕，甚至有些“紧巴巴”，但很显然，照此发展，两人的未来充满了光明和希望　　经济危机的到来让爱娜和凯瑞的家庭也陷入了危机，爱娜所在的餐厅破产倒闭，凯瑞在公司的“裁员抓阄”中不幸中彩，夫妻两人同时失去了工作，家里的贷款还未还完，生活露出了真实而残酷的面孔，爱娜和凯瑞不知该如何是好。虽然丢掉了工作，但夫妻两并没有丢掉斗志和尊严，为了生存，他们做出了种种努力，不幸的是，这些努力均以失败告终。在此走投无路之际，爱娜曾经的老板出现在了爱娜的面前，他带来了一个机会，它有可能坏的，但也有可能是好的。