With his gravely ill father on his deathbed, Nikos promises to do everything in his power to fend for his younger brother, Andreas, who is his spitting image, and lands a job as a stevedore. As Nikos sacrifices his aspiration of a better future with his sweetheart, Anna, in the meantime, Andreas, who is studying to become a lawyer, squanders his time and his brother's hard-earned money on ephemeral pleasures and gambling. Now, Nikos has no other choice but to risk life and limb as a sponge diver to earn enough money to support his wastrel of a brother. But fate has a cruel plan in store for Nikos.