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Anu sees Heloisa regularly in her practice, who, whenever falls in love, begins to suffer from cruel and tormenting obsessions towards her beloved. Heloisa's twisted psyche fascinates Anu in ways she does not fully understand - professionally and personally. But one day, Heloisa abruptly stops therapy. A midsummer party with a couple of friends is interrupted when Anu's son Antti arrives with his new girlfriend - who is Heloisa. Anu is forced to confront her own limitations and the painful memories of Heloisa's therapy relationship, which reveal an obsessive bond between them that threatens to destroy everything.
Student Santeri Manni accidentally finds a bag of amphetamines. To help his alcoholic mother get clean, Manni decides to keep the drugs and sell them. Unfortunately for Manni, a motorcycle gang and the narcotics police are also interested in the drugs.
Young Alma faces herself in a new light and learns through years of experience what kind of touch she likes. The film is a part of The Hotel Room -short film series, in which all eight stories are set in the same room and told by different up-and-coming filmmakers.
The life of Juulia, a Finnish parliamentarian, is suddenly turned upside down by the discovery of the betrayal by her husband Matias, a Protestant pastor, with the young Enni. After an initial moment of anger and desperation, Juulia realizes that she cannot leave him and she understands that sometimes it is possible to sacrifice a part of one's individual happiness for the good of the people you love. For this reason she suggests to Matias that they open their relationship, a choice that will lead her to meet Miska, a young non-binary, who is also her girlfriend, and to experiment with polyamory naturally and spontaneously, with all the consequences of the case, positive and negative.
Tommi, a shy hotel cleaning boy, cleans the room 409 night after night. To him it seems like every one of the hotel guests has found a connection with their partner, which makes him feel lonelier than ever. When is the right time to let go? 409 – Please Make Up My Room is an anthology film that contains four intimacy-related stories from different directors all set in the same hotel room.
Serena Rapper gets a strange prediction: a genius has been born to her immediate family. When Serena finds a drawing Ricky has made, she is certain that Ricky is Vincent Van Gogh reborn. She decides to show Ricky's drawing to the intendant of the Art Museum. At the same time, a sketch of one of Van Gogh's paintings is found in Finland! This discovery starts an exciting chain of events, and in the end, the janitor of the Art Museum, a keen amateur detective, helps Ricky and Nelly to solve the mystery.
Timo meets the woman of his dreams in a weird bar complex. He fuels his alcoholic tendencies by seducing the ghost trapped in a limbo of underachieving.
A terminally ill mother starts filming herself, hoping that her 5-year-old daughter will be able to connect with her through these moments after she is gone.
Once a week in a hotel room a girl and a boy share a strange but intimate moment. Only this time she finds herself crossing a line, that has never been crossed before.
Janika takes advantage of her pregnancy by smuggling amphetamine from Tallinn to Helsinki with her brother.
