Commissioner Antti Hautalehto is faced with a complicated case when young men start drowning in the small Finnish town of Borgå. Almost every week a new body is found in the river, and soon Hautalehto has reason to distrust his own police colleagues.

Three young women try to defy the persistent winter darkness in Finland. In the process, they move between dreams, reality, friendship and relationships while trying to make sense of the whole mess.