A worker, engaged to the owner of the factory where he works, at his mother's request, begins a relationship with a poor girl, who is ill and will soon die. His fiancée discovers his double life and reveals it to the sick girl, who ends up in the hospital.

An entire social microcosm lies hidden in plain sight in a decrepit Athenian courtyard of a humble mid-1960s neighbourhood. Love, desire, and deceit are all vital components of this little machine; nevertheless, is dreaming for everyone?