A poor young man named Thodoris, who is a small-time liar and a schemer, writes to his immigrant uncle in Australia, claiming that he is a family man with two children and financial difficulties. The wealthy uncle comes to Athens to give Thodoris a portion of an inheritance. At that point, the deceitful nephew finds himself in a difficult situation, but he is saved by an assistant civil engineer, whom he has met and fallen in love with while searching to buy a house.