A masseur from the East enters the lives of the rich residents of a bland, walled off community. Despite their wealth, the residents emit an inner sadness, a longing. The mysterious newcomer’s hands heal, his eyes seem to penetrate their souls. To them, his Russian accent sounds like a song from the past, a memory of their seemingly safer childhood. Zhenia, for this is his name, changes their lives.

Jonas pretends to be blind and enters a TV dance contest where he meets his attractive dance partner, Saulé. They soon become the show’s most popular contestants. Meanwhile, Vytas, an old acquaintance of Jonas, is released from jail hungry for revenge and firm in the belief that he isn’t the only person responsible for his wife’s death. He believes her former lover, Jonas, shares the guilt.

Tale of a Lake is a film about the thousands of lakes that Finland is known for. It takes the viewers on an unprecedented adventure, ranging from crystal clear springs all the way to the basins of the big lakes. It opens a whole new world of underwater nature for the viewers and tells many of the old tales and beliefs that abound in the land of thousands of lakes.

When 18 year-old Lola’s mother Catherine passes away, her father Philippe makes sure that Lola will miss the ceremony. Two years before that, Philippe threw Lola out of the family home: at the time, Lola was still Lionel. Philippe is determined to fulfil Catherine's last wish: to be have her ashes scattered in the North Sea, in the dunes of her childhood home. Lola, on the other hand, is furious at her father, but she will not leave her mother alone in this last journey. So they take off together, both unwilling to share a car but determined to take Catherine home.

When the twin brothers Kolya and Vasily learn that their father — who left them when they were children — is dying far away from them in Luxembourg, they both go to Luxembourg in search of him to see him one last time. Kolya considers him a hero, while Vasily thinks he is a scoundrel.