A couple hires a young migrant to be their surrogate mother and moves her to their beautiful villa. While the man is away for work, the woman and the girl start to bond and enjoy the couple's wealthy way of life. But behind her forced cheerfulness, the woman seems more and more depressed. After a few drinks with the girl, she goes for a drive. The next morning, her husband gets a call: his wife is dead, her burned body was found in her wrecked car.
11번째 생일을 맞은 안젤리키. 온 가족이 한껏 흥에 겨워 소녀의 생일 파티를 즐기지만, 안젤리키는 왠지 즐겁지 않다. 가족들이 춤을 추며 사진을 찍는 사이, 베란다로 천천히 걸어가 난간에 걸터 앉는 안젤리키. 그리고 엷은 미소를 지으며, 난간에서 조용히 뛰어내린다. 안젤리키의 사건 이후, 가족 모두 큰 상실감에 빠지지만, 가족의 가장인 아버지는 의연히 대처하며 아내와 딸, 손주들을 보살핌에 여념이 없다. 한편 경찰과 사회복지사는 안젤리키의 자살 원인에 대해 수사를 착수하지만, 가족 모두 그저 사고였다고 주장하는데…
A young female character, Nikki Douka, from Samothraki, is sailing to the U.S. to fulfill a marriage contract and save her family honor. Her skills as a seamstress keep her busily sewing throughout the voyage to alter wedding dresses for the third-class voyagers. But along the way, she meets a young American photographer who is returning from the Middle East where he was snapping shots of the war in Smyrna, 1922. Her honesty, pride, and beauty attract the attention of the American who falls in love with her. Tribulations abound during the voyage, following the dramas of several unfortunate young women upon whom nasty characters preyed, as Nikki struggles with her feelings for the photographer.
