Small Pilgrimage
Pieni pyhiinvaellus
A young woman's steps along the rocky road to atonement. The setting is rural southern Ostrobothnia in the 1950s. Ritva has kept her pregnancy a secret. She has her baby and then abandons it. The following day the infant, barely alive, is brought to the hospital where Ritva works as a kitchen help. Worried about her baby’s condition, Ritva is willing to confess, but no one wants to listen.