Stella, the daughter of a banker from Zakynthos, is in love with a poor telegraph operator. Her father wants to marry her off to a rich man, but she refuses to comply and her father locks her up in the attic where she stays isolated.

Around 1880, Stella Violanti, the beautiful, graceful daughter of Panagis Violantis, a wealthy and influential banker from the picturesque island of Zakynthos, falls head over heels in love with the elegant but impecunious telegraphist, Christakis Zamanos. Before long, the news of the young lovers' clandestine affair reaches the ears of the proud, narrow-minded, and above all, authoritarian father, who, without a second thought, decides to confine desperate Stella in the dark and tiny attic to bring her to her senses. However, Stella, deprived of food, is bent on living free, at all costs. Will Stella yield to her cruel father's obstinate demands?—Nick Riganas