五個狗主人帶著他們淘氣的狗狗向山中的傳奇老師尋求幫助——但需要接受訓練的并不是他們毛茸茸的朋友。

　　World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her dream is to swim across the English Channel. Her father has tried to exorcise her obsession with swimming since she was a toddler, without success. An unwanted pregnancy forces her to abandon her dream – and herself. The child’s father does not want to be involved, so as a woman in the ‘30s in Sweden, Sally has no choice but to do what is expected of her: to be a mother. There is no place left for her dreams and Sally is pulled into bottomless darkness, until her sister Carla saves her. With renewed purpose, together the sisters begin to dismantle the conventions they are constantly facing. In late August 1939, Sally stands on the shore at Dover and takes her first step into the English Channel. She swims across the open and icy sea for 15 hours, waving to the Navy who are readying for war. A couple of days after Sally swims ashore at Calais, Poland is invaded.

　　環衛公司垃圾車駕駛員尼卡德（Matti Pellonp?? 飾）的老同事計劃籌資組建自己的環衛公司，邀請尼卡德技術入股，但老同事不久急病突發身亡，尼卡德的生活重回一潭死水狀態。尼卡德心有不甘借酒滋事，在被拘留的時候結識日后的同事米卡拉。米卡拉偶而會不識趣的妨礙尼卡德暗地追求超市售貨員伊羅娜（Kati Outinen 飾），但他仍是尼卡德最可依賴的朋友。伊羅娜為報復超市經理偷走了錢盒，尼卡德幫助她找到服裝店的新工作，服裝店經理夾到尼卡德與伊羅娜的關系中間，但尼卡德最終奪回了自己的愛人。　　本片獲1987年芬蘭電影尤西獎最佳影片獎。是導演郭立斯馬基（Aki Kaurism?ki）無產階級三部曲的第一部。

這是一場與時間的賽跑，決不會手軟。Shivani Shivaji Roy回來營救失蹤的女孩。