Summary It is a film adaptation of the theatrical play by Kostas Thrakiotis. Smaro, a pretty young islander, obstinately refuses to marry the man her father has chosen for her, and he reveals to her that she is not his real daughter. Gravely hurt, the unfortunate girl decides to put an end to her life, jumping off a steep cliff into the sea. By a twist of fate, however, she is saved by a survivor of a shipwreck, who had been cast up onto the shore. Now, things change radically, since this new man stays in her life for good.