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Originally edited in two versions. Version I, 70 minutes; version II, 90 minutes. (The only known existing version is not Markopoulos’s edit and contains additional titles, music and voice-over added later than 1961. 65 minutes.) Filmed in Mytilene and Annavysos, Greece, 1958. Existing copy on video, J. and M. Paris Films, Athens.
A young student (Alekos Alexandrakis) comes from Italy and presents to his sister (Katerina Gioulaki) the fiancée (Maro Kondou) as Italian, because the first insisted not to marry a Greek. The couple, however, in cooperation with the afflicted spouse (Giannis Vogiatzis) strict sister, managed to change the opinion.
Unable to change his brother's mind, who's decided to marry off his daughter to a wealthy compatriot, a progressive uncle sets his sights on helping his niece and her beau. Can Uncle Ippokratis save the day and let love shine through?
A harmless simpleton with a heart of gold arrives in Athens and falls in love. Can he prove his worth in the bustling big city and fulfil his destiny?