On August 20, 1950, Tasoula Petrakogiorgi eloped with Kostas Kefalogiannis. It is the story of their forbidden clandestine romance and the controversial case that galvanised the Greek public opinion.

Lighthouse keeper Captain Bochalis, whose wife abandoned him years ago, lives in a remote lighthouse with his daughter, Chrysa. One day, they find a man in the shore under the lighthouse.