In the harsh winter, Pasi and his farmer friends begin logging to make extra cash, drinking moonshine together during their breaks. Pasi’s drunken behavior worsens, and his health begins to deteriorate. As springtime begins to melt the snow, Pasi must decide to stop drinking for good.

Abundant with the sweet pleasures of spring, Pasi’s snowbound village is beautifully revitalized in this penultimate episode, in which light and darkness starkly collide. Framed through poignant close-ups, the claustrophobic experience of alcoholism becomes startlingly tactile.