10-year-old Persephone has a school project due tomorrow, but first, she must find her mother, who’s been missing for days.

A stubborn unemployed man, who would rather starve to death than betray his principles, ends up as the leader of a carefree gang that lives by sneaking into receptions to eat for free.

In pursuit of the “Greek dream” for his six-year-old son, a janitor working for the Municipality of Athens spirals into a vicious cycle of comedy and tragedy.