The story of a family that wants to progress, to climb socially, to define its identity with the urban class to which it belongs.

The family's big secret that has been dragging on for over thirty years and seals it.

The life of the family's offspring, the secret world, traditional relationships and unusual relationships weave their own adventure.

Paths of life, measured against the Great Idea, the Division, the Asia Minor Catastrophe, unfold in Patras, Athens, Piraeus, Berlin.

The story of a society from the late 19th century to the Interwar period.

The personal dreams, passions, and sensitivities of the heroes, but also the hope, the effort for a better, fairer world in an incapable democracy, in a weak society.

Everything a flash, a great flash with a beginning and an end.