The wife of an alcoholic and mother of four (Toula Stathopoulou) is a factory worker in Corfu at the beginning of the 20th century. A fallen noble man who has fallen on hard times (Stratis Tsopanellis) wants to marry her eldest daughter (Anny Loulou) and take advantage of the family's meager earnings. He kidnaps the not-unwilling girl, and argues with her mother about the dowry. But the girl refuses to marry him when she wakes up to the fact that he is only looking out for his own interests. She then decides to start working in order to earn money to raise the child she is expecting. The film is an adaptation of the novel 'For Honor and Money' by Konstantinos Theotokis.

卡罗索（乔治斯·科拉菲斯 Georges Corraface 饰）因为要参加同学聚会，而回到了阔别已久的故乡，在那里，熟悉的景象勾起了他无数的回忆，也让那个隐藏在他回忆深处的人影渐渐清晰起来。这个人是卡罗索的表妹马丽娜（Markella Pappa 饰），两人是青梅竹马的玩伴，整天就在一起虚度无忧无虑的童年。随着年龄的增长，卡罗索和马丽娜都渐渐意识到两人之间性别的不同，本来单纯的友谊也慢慢变成了爱情，此时，卡罗索的父母选择将儿子送进了教会学校，两人的缘分就此终结。
一晃眼多年过去，卡罗索如他童年时代许下的愿望那般，真的成为了一名飞机工程师，同学聚会当天，他意外的接到了来自马丽娜的电话。