A 50 year old journalist, son of a civil war hero, who died fighting for the right forces is shattered, when he recognizes him in a documentary, fighting for the communists. He starts searching for the truth, despite his family's objections, who fear that they will lose privileges if the status of the dead changes after the search.
Горстка людей, одетых в черное, с тяжелыми чемоданами и держа за руку детей, будто вышли из моря на неприветливо-пустынный, с заплатами луж, отеческий берег. Этот образ вечного изгнания и скитальчества, варьируясь, проходит лейтмотивом через весь фильм, в котором, переплелись история минувшего века, судьба греков и история любви с преградами и разлуками.
Three stories dealing with three men and their stance towards life, given their personal background. All stories are held in Northern Greece (Macedonia and Thrace), covering all the spectrum from urban to rural settings.
"4th century AD and a brilliant craftsman of Dionysus, Timothy, organizes a performance of Euripides' Bacchae, rousing the people against the emperor. Lazarus, the Cappadocian, is sent to suppress the rebellion and arrest the heretic. We are in the years of the total establishment of Christianity, in a climate full of sects, conspiracies, conflicts of power and personal ambitions, in the city of Antioch, which was the last cradle of the Greek education of the Gentiles."
