Heikki Ortela

A four-act rural drama set in a flooded Ostrobothnian community portrays village life disrupted by the presence of soldiers and officials; scenes alternate between festive preparations, card-playing and song, a tense attraction to an outsider, and growing alarm as rising water, raids and surveillance force households to act. Through domestic exchanges, public gatherings and riverbank confrontations, the play traces shifting loyalties, fear, social strains and the ways ordinary people respond to danger and political unrest.