The song, written and directed by Selma Vilhunen, is a story about the last Finnish rune singer and his student.

Jussi Huovinen (89), is the only resident of his home village Hietajärvi. He is the last living Finn who has learned the millennia-old rune songs orally, from his own mother and father.
Hanneriina Moisseinen (35), is a visual artist and cartoonist who wants to learn from Jussi, not only the songs but all the wisdom that is hidden in them. The film follows Hanneriina and Jussi over three years, during which each of them faces perhaps the greatest sorrow of their lives. In the end, all we need, and all that remains of us, is the song.

Selma Vilhunen is an Academy Award nominated director and screenwriter of both fiction and documentary films. She is also one of the founders of the production company Tuffi Films. Her latest film Stupid Young Heart won the Crystal Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2019. Her feature documentary Hobbyhorse Revolution won the Best Documentary Film Prize at the Finnish National Film Awards (Jussi Awards) and got nominated for the European Film Academy’s Young Audience Award in 2018.