1949. Giannis, the son of a rebel, is uprooted and displaced to the Child Care Cities for orphans and children of missing parents, a tradition of institution vastly evolved under the auspices of the queen Frederica of Hanover, where his ideas and desires are manipulated. Nightmares and dark feelings about his father haunt his heart. Now an adult, he redefines his existence. She decides to go meet him. The true story of the author Giannis Atzakas.—Elleni Alexandraki