A young man decides to "sell" himself to make money. He is trained by a homosexual writer and enters the circles of good society, flirting the daughter of an industrialist. He gets a job in his business and marries his daughter, who seeks marriage to give her name to her extrovert child.

For the past six years, a desperate mother and her husband have been trying to locate their only daughter who is in the clutches of a ruthless wandering Romani musician. Will the miracle-working Virgin Mary reunite her with her family?

Nikos plays the bouzouki and tries to make ends meet in order to feed his wife and child. However, he gets caught up in the nightlife, is deceived, and ends up in prison for smuggling. His daughter Kaiti falls seriously ill and needs urgent surgery. His wife Martha won't tell him anything and, in her desperation to find money, she accepts the offer of the wealthy George to become his mistress in exchange for him paying for the operation...

The poor daughter of a once-famous musician sees her world turn upside down when she gets fired, and her beau, the son of a wealthy industrialist, finds himself without a place to live. Will his cruel father realise his grave mistake?

Manos, owner of an entertainment center, is being watched by a mysterious woman. At the same time, the club's singer tries to get close to him, gaining the trust of his wife. She senses that something is wrong and, seduced by the appearance of an old flame, she leaves her husband, only to regret it immediately afterwards.

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.

Stefanos struggles alone to succeed in life, but hides his fears about the uncertain future from the girl he loves, Anna. When he is called up for further training in the army, Anna is seduced by a friend of his, Dimitris, becomes pregnant, and gives her illegitimate daughter up for adoption to a childless couple. Afterwards, realizing her mistake, she chooses to disappear from his life and leaves Greece. Stefanos attributes her departure to his financial situation. A few years later, when Anna returns, she learns of the death of her daughter's adoptive parents and takes her in. She also meets Stefanos, who has since overcome his financial difficulties, and together they realize that the main reason for their separation was their social environment, as well as a temporary and human, but nevertheless fatal, weakness.

In a mountain village, a conflict develops between peace-loving and war-loving women, culminating in a global women's alert for peace and social justice.