Poor islander Minas Ntompros' son Giorgos is studying law in Athens and fritters away his time and the money his father sends him on the horse races and other forms of entertainment, with singer Jenny.

Working his fingers to the bone to provide a better future for his law-student son, Yorgos, the honest islander and coffee-shop owner, Minas Dobros, is utterly unaware that the apple of his eye is, in fact, a wasteful layabout. Squandering his father's hard-earned money on ephemeral pleasures, Yorgos will soon find himself with his back to the wall, as an ever-increasing debt to the unscrupulous loan-shark, Simeon Velonis, paves the way for a vicious circle of deceit, and shocking revelations. Now, rapacious Simeon wants his money back, threatening to put an end not only to Minas' business but also to Yorgos' relationship with the kind foster daughter, Krinio. Will the prodigal son see the error of his ways, and right the wrong that has been done to the proud Dobros' family?—Nick Riganas