Louise is married to a shipowner who dies. Her husband's brother, Petros, manages to seize the entire property, leaving her hanging. Her daughter, Anna, is studying at a prestigious university in the United States and does not know the drama of her mother, who has been forced to become a singer in a popular center in order to pay for her studies. When her daughter telegraphs that she is returning to her aristocratic fiancé, Louisa finds herself in a difficult position. How can she tell him that she is no longer the daughter of a shipowner? With the help of her friends, who rent a villa in her name and help her financially, she plays the rich, widowed woman of a shipowner.