Jane, a structured travel agent in Helsinki, lives a comfortable life with her longtime boyfriend Mikki, a struggling actor. When Mikki proposes opening their relationship to reignite lost passion, Jane reluctantly agrees to attend a sex-positive retreat. There, she meets Valma, a confident, free-spirited woman deeply rooted in the polyamorous lifestyle. Drawn to Valma’s openness and emotional clarity, Jane begins to question the limits she’s placed on love and connection. As their bond deepens, Jane finds herself navigating unfamiliar territory—desire, jealousy, and self-discovery—while her once-stable life begins to unravel. What began as an experiment in freedom becomes a profound turning point that challenges everything Jane thought she knew about relationships.
Acting
Kuustonen's micro-expressions do ALL the heavy lifting
Direction
Korva weaponizes Finnish restraint against itself
Writing
Dialogue so specific it physically hurts
Director
Paula Korva
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Laura Eklund Nhaga's novel—she's a Finnish-Nigerian writer whose work explores racialized femininity in Nordic spaces, though the film noticeably softens this angle.
Finland's 'sisu' cultural ideal—stoic endurance—makes the poly-retreat setting almost satirical; the film's tension comes from Finnish reserve colliding with radical openness.
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