Aimilios, disappointed by his exhausting life in Athens, where he works in an advertising agency, returns to his village to find peace. His own people, however, treat him with hostility, considering him a prodigal and never-do-well. A youthful romance, however, is rekindled, since Louiza, his first love, still carries a flame for him. Their decision to marry brings him, by degrees, to the tragic revelation that Louiza is his sister.