Two vagabond friends become lovers of the same beautiful girl, but when their third friend and leader comes out of prison, he has other plans for all of them.

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.

Charalambos Stournaras is a selfish, loud-mouthed but ultimately kind-hearted father. His daughter is in love with one of his company employees, Heracles. To help her forget him, he sends her to Paris for two years to study. When his daughter returns from Paris, instead of having forgotten Heracles, she presents him with a baby, claiming that she had it with Heracles. However, the baby is actually her brother's with a mannequin. She doesn't dare tell her father because he will cut off her allowance...