Kostas is a law-abiding citizen a quite man living with his mother his sister Kaiti and his younger brother Giorgos who is a student. He works day and night at his kiosk living to his bone the everyday reality and troubles of the period. He is in love with Eleni and wants to marry her but he has to wait until Kaiti is married to Leonidas her extremely conservative fiancé. The military coup of April 1967 forces Kostas to take the side of the winners hanging each time the picture of their most powerful leader while Giorgos joins a resistance group that sets up bombs. Giorgos' actions puts Kostas in big trouble.