Thessaloniki, the city of three gods, Christians, Muslims, and Jews, is trying to find its identity at the dawn of the twentieth century.
August 1917. The city is burning to the ground. The wealthy Mehmet Efendi saves the life of a Christian woman, Sophia. He falls madly in love with her but marries another woman.
Josephine and her luxurious brothel witness a gathering of people from all over the world who will be called to shed their blood in a devastating war.
Esra, a gypsy whose birth is lost in time, moves silently and underground in the city and intervenes in human lives.
A letter, many years later, brings to light sealed secrets that marked the fate of all those who once strolled through the streets of Thessaloniki.
The Vardaris, the eternal local wind, sweeps us into the vortex of the history of a captivating city and brings with it forgotten whispers.