Nikos plays a bouzouki and tries to make ends meet to feed his wife and child. But he sings on the sprockets of the night, deceives him, and finds himself in jail for smuggling. Kaiti's daughter will become seriously ill and will need urgent surgery. Martha's wife will not tell him anything and in her despair to find money he will accept the proposal of rich George to become his mistress in return for him to pay for the surgery.