The three speakers represent two of the dialects, with the most common one - the middle dialect spoken in Riga and central parts of Latvia - not featured in the film. In intimate surroundings, a farmer, a schoolteacher, and a herder of ostriches talk about perceived differences between Latvian speakers, and about language policy and their lives.

Comprehensive School
Comprehensive School

Running Fields
Running Fields

Writing the Land
Writing the Land

Mr Black Stork
Mr Black Stork

Short Day
Short Day

Lone Man
Lone Man

Dinārs
Dinārs

Running Fields II
Running Fields II

The Priest
The Priest

Fox & Penguin
Fox & Penguin

The Brave Class
The Brave Class

Aranzazú, a memory of ruins
Aranzazú, a memory of ruins