Kun meidän kaivosta vesi loppuu

The drama is set in a rural village where a dried-up well acts as a catalyst for social friction. It follows an embittered blacksmith and his sister, the ailing owner of a neighbouring farm, visiting builders and villagers as plans to establish a folk school spur gossip, land disputes, and suspicions of courtship and inheritance. Scenes alternate between domestic quarrels, communal songs and preparations for a foundation-stone ceremony, exposing tensions between tradition and change, personal pride, economic anxiety, and communal hopes for the future.