Some villagers on the Estonian island of Saaremaa become distressed when the post lady Kertu is missing after midsummer night. Kertu is in her mid-thirties and slightly disabled. She lives with her agressive, dominant father, is quiet and modest and is usually wary of strangers. Kertu is finally found after a long search - seemingly perturbed under the bed of the good-looking, but totally run-down drunkard Villu. The islanders soon make up their minds that Kertu was raped. But the truth is somewhat different: Kertu had not only been watching Villu unnoticed, but she had also been sending him postcards ... Director Ilmar Raag, himself a native of Saaremaa, tells knowingly of the restrictions of small town life and the desire to escape them.