真相与正义

影片描绘了年轻富农安德烈的人生。安德烈受过教育，聪明又强壮。他的妻子克鲁特为人温柔且宽容。他们一起购入了一个荒废的农场，想要在这里开始新人生。他们的邻居佩尔鲁粗鲁又拒绝合作。安德烈想要和佩尔鲁一起修水渠，却始终矛盾不断。佩尔鲁还杀害了他的猎犬，甚至布置现场让安德烈无法控诉他的罪行。安德烈认为佩尔鲁是个彻头彻尾的无赖，一心寻求报复，克鲁特则总是从中调停丈夫和邻居的矛盾。岁月流逝，“正义”成为了安德烈心中最重要的事物，可这份“正义”却只为他带来了孤独。Estonia, 1870. Young and staunch Andres along with his wife Krõõt arrive at a farm bought on a loan to establish their new life. Desolate and neglected between the marshes, Robber's Rise must be transformed into a place that will take care of the family. All they have to do is to break the resistance of the barren land, make his neighbour cooperate, and raise an heir - a son to inherit his father's life's work. But when nature refuses to bend, the neighbour turns out to be a roughneck rival, and Krõõt keeps giving birth to daughters, Andres struggles to find the right way. In his desperate search for truth and justice - from the court, the tavern and the Bible, he sacrifices his family, his friends and eventually himself. The beautiful dream of prosperous and nurturing Robber's Rise gives way to an obsession, resulting in none of the things Andres wanted and everything he was afraid of.