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.