Six cinematic recreations and updates of the painting “Livonian Peasant Wedding” (1842) by Ernst Hermann Schlichting (1812–1890), who was born in Estonia. The short explores various, sometimes dark twists on the festive celebration. Because in moving pictures, sometimes secondary figures can end up at the centre of the action.

A young medic decides to escape the devastating horrors of war and wanders off into the endless snowy wilderness. Unexpectedly, he crosses paths with a family who has set a table in the cold fields.