In a nonaligned country, where a civil conflict is raging, a team of photographers follows a mercenary war lord, whose men wreak havoc among enemies and innocents alike. The story is a modern version of the tragedy Antigone, in a time when TV and the other media present unrelieved visions of war and bloody mayhem.

In 1941, a Greek soldier accidentally kills a German soldier and carries a burden on his conscience. After many years, the memories return and this man wants to return the personal belongings, which he had taken from the dead soldier to his family, as a last tribute and in this way to save his soul. However, his forces abandon him and Myrto's granddaughter is called to fulfill this odyssey ...