A barber takes on the household chores and caring for the baby, since his wife sings in nightclubs and is constantly busy. His hardship touches the heart of the neighborhood baker, who gives her consent for the barber's nephew to marry her daughter.
The film is inspired by the epic poem, "Astrapogiannos", of the Greek poet, representative of the Heptanese School, and politician, Aristotelis Valaoritis, and refers to the life of Lambetis, the son of Astrapogiannos.