Regina Launivuo

A young and promising Russian figure skater is found beaten and frostbitten in a lay-by of a motorway in Finland. In the hospital, the officials find a letter from her belongings and are able to reconnect her with her Finnish grandmother, whom she has not seen for years. With the help of her grandmother, who offers her the shelter of her home, the figure skater tries to re-establish herself and recover from the trauma and inhumane circumstances that forced her to flee from Russia. She finds a new chance with top figure skating, but despite the bright future, new friends and possibilities, her past won’t let go of her. The figure skater realizes facing her troubled past is the only option to make it to the top.

A successful thirtysomething couple find themselves at a financial dead end; they are faced with an extreme lifestyle change to pay for their debts. The luxury lifestyle ends when they are forced to move into a rented apartment in the suburbs. But to their friends, they hold up a facade and explain it all with downshifting.

Aux confins de la Laponie, au milieu des paysages glaciaires finlandais. La policière, Nina Kautsalo, découvre une prostituée sur le point de mourir dans une cabane en pleine nature. L’enquête criminelle prend une toute autre tournure lorsque que l’on découvre que la victime est porteuse d’un virus mortel. Thomas Lorenz, un virologue allemand, se rend en Laponie afin d’y étudier le virus. Nina et Thomas se retrouvent alors au cœur d’une enquête criminelle extrêmement inhabituelle qui va les entraîner au-dessus des lois.