Summary Thanasis Zevedaios, a traveling watch salesman, has to provide for his sister, two nephews and his parents. Everyone counts on him for their needs, and so he works hard to support his large family. Thanasis also has a ne'er-do-well brother, Charilaos, a lazy man who sits around philosophizing all the time. When Charilaos dies unexpectedly, Thanasis has four more people to take care of and so he runs non-stop to make ends meet, provide for everyone and manage to marry the woman he loves.