Mielisairaalaan suljettu Elmeri Hautamäki tietää, että Lapissa sijaitseva kulta-aarre odottaa noutajaansa. Kulta on Elmerin isän, Kyrpä-Joosepin sota-aikana kätkemä. Mielisairaalassa Elmerin hoitajana toimii Janne-Petteri Broman, jonka hän saa houkuteltua mukaansa pakomatkalle. Matkalla parivaljakko törmää työpaikaltaan irtisanottuihin Kagelbergin veljeksiin, Dilleen ja Jönssiin. Myös entinen SS-upseeri Peter North tavoittelee kulta-aarretta itselleen.

1963. The young nurse Anna begins working in the juvenile ward of a mental hospital. There she meets Lucia, a fifteen-year-old schizophrenic. Against the backdrop of a struggle between Dr. Marie and the rigid Dr. Oreste to reform patient treatment, a relationship between Anna and Lucia develops, forcing them to make decisive choices for their respective lives.

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in Crownsville, MD.

The psychiatric hospital was and is a disturbing place. Michel Défago, a former nurse, reports on a time when mentally ill people were still shackled or isolated. Today, nurses make every effort to free patients from their suffering and isolation.