Longing for a better life, Evagoras and Onisilios decide to emigrate to the Persian Gulf to earn enough money to start their own business. When they return home, the pair open a night club. However, their past catches up with them.
The portly meter reader Crecenzio is first seen blowing up a building. The reasons for this drastic, desperate act provide the basis for the story, which is told in flashback.
When college student Nico's mother falls into a coma due to a car accident the patchwork family is traumatized. Nico finds some solace when his new stepsister Nora gives him a camera and he starts documenting a reality he can't accept.
