May 1895. Our story begins when the family of George Pavlides engages their 12-year-old son, Miltos, with the 9-year-old daughter of Michalis Nikolaidis, Ifigenia. The attacks of fanatical Turks will force the two families to flee their homeland. The two youngsters will meet again in Istanbul 11 years later. Unaware of the family relationship that binds them, they instantly fall in love. The two lovers try to live their love, while being dragged by the whirlwind of historical events of the time.

As two men with a shared cultural heritage but worlds apart meet in Athens and New York who discover their bond transcends beyond the dance floor. Alex’s voyage to Greece is a foreign but comforting one: identical to his feelings towards Aeneas. He often feels both at home and isolated at the same time.