Young Giannis escapes from prison and hides in a deserted factory, with the dream of traveling far away. At the factory, a group of university students rehearse Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream, and a girl from the group discovers him. The students accept him into their group, offering him a part in the play as well. One night, three young men try to destroy the props for the theatrical performance, and Giannis tries to stop them, ending up back in prison. The students manage to get him out of jail, and he embarks on a ship and leaves far away.

Thanasis, a cotton candy vendor from Athens, has been caring for little Melissa since she was a baby when her mother, an immigrant prostitute, thought it best to leave the girl behind while seeking fortune in America. Her unexpected appearance five years later has traumatic consequences when she takes her child away from Thanasis and leaves. Thanasis decides to travel to America in the hope of seeing her again.

Chronis, Vaillia and Elftheria are not "IN." They are not featured in glossy magazines. They don't have perfect bodies, they don't make love on the first date. These three characters will cross paths.

克里斯多是希腊小岛上的一个患有弱视的孩子，父母离异，母亲忙于打理小店的生意而忽视了孩子眼睛的问题。因为克里斯多无法看清黑板上的字而特别自卑，为了逃避，他总是翘课，游荡在小岛如诗的风景里，同时和一位管理灯塔的老爷爷成了忘年交。老爷爷向他传授了希腊民间音乐，对音乐有着天分的他无师自通，新来的女老师一开始不太理解这个沉默寡言的小胖墩，一次偶然的机遇发现了他的天分，做通孩子母亲观众后，带着克里斯多来到雅典参加比赛，孩子的天赋让他一举成名被誉为当代的帕格尼尼，当他们回到小岛的时候，老爷爷已经离开了人世，孩子在老爷爷工作过的灯塔上追忆着这位希腊的民间艺人。