When Skevo learns that her son, Stavros, who has become a boatman, is sick, disguises herself as a man and becomes a bard (guardian) in the "sporka" (ships that were quarantined because of cholera) in order to save him.

When 50-year-old Skevo, learns that her son, Stavros, who has become a boatman, in order to earn money to ask his beloved Rinio to marriage, is sick, disguises herself as a man and becomes a bard (guardian) in the "sporka" (ships that were quarantined because of cholera) in order to save him. The situation is difficult. Any ships that want to return to port are not allowed to. Quarantine. The inhabitants are afraid. Division. To save or to be saved? Stavros is slowly dying.