Pasi, son of an alcoholic from Törmälä, has made it. He’s the department manager for an international lumber company. One day he’s sent back to his hometown to sack a number of workers in the plywood factory there. The next step up the career ladder beckons as a reward. But a tip from his childhood friend Janne gives him another idea. Building a railroad could make the factory more profitable. To realise the plan, Pasi makes Janne a politician. Yet as soon as the election’s been won, company headquarters makes a decision that costs Pasi his hard-earned new standing in Törmälä … It’s heavy metal against a global player. Director Ville Jankeri has added elements of a buddy film to his realistic working-world drama. But the central question is what really counts in life, climbing the social ladder or solidarity.