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A modest farmhouse in a struggling countryside sets the scene for a tense domestic drama. Kustaa Saarepää, a once‑confident landowner, and his wife Katri grapple with mounting debts after a disastrous investment in a sawmill. Their bedroom‑blended décor of rough timber and scattered ledgers mirrors the chaos of their finances, while bitter words reveal a marriage strained by pride, desperation, and the looming threat of starvation.

As winter approaches, the couple’s arguments intensify, exposing the clash between Katri’s stubborn self‑reliance and Kustaa’s guilty recklessness. Their desperate search for help—whether from relatives, neighbours, or the miserly village folk—highlights the harsh reality of rural life in early twentieth‑century Finland. Listeners will be drawn into the raw emotions and moral dilemmas that unfold in the first act, setting the stage for a story about loss, responsibility, and the fragile hope of redemption.