In December 1948, an unofficial truce between the Democratic Army and the National Army enables the soldiers to share a human, touching moment before returning to the barbarous reality of the eternally divided Greeks.

A painter tries to paint the portrait of his dead wife. A young woman searches for her lost sister. An optimistic girl realizes that she has no place in an inhospitable society. The candles of the three protagonists seem to fade one by one.

A.E.K., the well-known Greek basketball team founded in 1924 by refugees from Constantinople, after 44 years, beats SLAVIA of Prague and wins the European Cup.