Synopsis

Karl Priidu is a chipper schoolboy who lives with his spirited parents in a little four-apartment building near the city center. Their neighbors include Uncle Endel – a former sailor who tells the boy swashbuckling tales – and old Mrs. Helm, whose favorite activity is quarreling with the other residents. Living upstairs, right above their apartment, is the boy’s favorite aunt – Aunt Maria, with whom the boy loves to talk about the world, listen to jazz, and dance. The boy’s grandpa (an actor and a prankster) and adventurous grandma also play an important role in his life. Through Karl’s perspective, we find out how the family goes grocery shopping, washes dishes, entertains themselves, and celebrates Christmas – not to mention what some of them are afraid of and how one or another of them might get offended.