Two years after the establishment of the junta of the colonels, a resistance fighter leaves for Sweden. After 14 years of exile, the return to Greece is painful. His girlfriend has been married, while his friends have completely changed.

An old story about teachers, students, exercises, and mistakes. At the time the story takes place, about thirty years ago, strict relationships full of prejudice and misunderstandings prevail between students and their teachers.

In an inn in Trieste, Kyveli, wife of a political prisoner of the junta, falls in love with an old student of her husband, who has been distinguished for his activities against the dictatorship. But he will be forced to run away, along with his lover, as they are hunted by the police. Kyveli will go to Strasbourg to present evidence to the Council of Europe, which proves human rights violations in Greece, but the session is postponed and she now lives in a web of fantasies and unfulfilled expectations.

Anna, a young art historian, is preparing an exhibition on the painter Maria Dimou, whose death is shrouded in mystery. Drawing information from Dimou's partner, Angelos, she gradually begins to discover that both he and Maria's life hide many dark secrets.