Greece. A small, impoverished city-state dominated by a massive refinery, its only source of income: oil. The men, all armed, hold absolute power. Their leader, Nikos, is gravely ill and must arrange his succession. Shock spreads when he includes his protégé, Maria, among the contenders. The fate of this young woman, unaware of the most tragic part of her family’s past, will be turned upside down by the arrival of Eleni, a singer at the town’s bar.