One night, the renowned surgeon Philippos Razis (Christos Loulis) finds an abandoned 12-year-old Roma girl outside the hospital, writhing in pain. He himself is off duty, but seeing that time is not on her side, he decides to operate on her himself. In the operating room he realizes that the girl's kidney is missing.

May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. The two youngsters will meet again in Istanbul 11 years later. Unaware of the family relationship that binds them, they instantly fall in love. The two lovers try to live their love, while being dragged by the whirlwind of historical events of the time.