Devilishly handsome, Alekos, a compulsive gambler, shameless procurer, and former professional boxer, enjoys living on the fringes of Athenian society. Spending money like water, perpetually indebted Alekos finds a window of opportunity in the shape of the beautiful, lonely and guileless heiress, Mary Aspioti, and without a second thought, he starts devising a foolproof plan to get his hands on her riches. Now, the stage is set for his mercilessly effective deception, and as Alekos drags Mary deeper and deeper into his seductive world of passionate love, false promises, humiliation, and crime, there is no place to go but down. Can Mary escape from the clutches of the punk of Fokionos Negri?