In a religious rural community in the 1950s, Ritva, a young woman has kept her pregnancy a secret. Helped by her sister, she gives birth but soon abandons the baby. The next day the infant is brought to the hospital where Ritva works. Troubled with shame, Ritva finds consolation from a dying priest.
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as Pappi
as Laila
as Pirkka
as Eero
as Annikki
as Isäntä
as Emäntä
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as Leila vanhana
as Hautausurakoitsija
as Vahtimestari
as Lääkäri
as Vanhempi hoitaja
as Apuhoitaja
as Keittäjä
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