Why does the military hierarchy refuse to grant a promotion to a handsome young captain? And what drives the venerable magistrate, charged with handling his case, to become fascinated with the soldier? While the captain withers away, waiting—with heroic and bewildering persistence—for the ruling in the labyrinthine corridors of the court, the judge steadily rises through the ranks. Menis Koumandareas takes us into the depths of the Greek Army and Military Council in the 1960s to recreate the horror that would lead to the Dictatorship of the Colonels and reveal the corruption and decadence of institutions that are merely a means to satisfy the personal ambitions of their most dishonest members. A gripping tale in the form of a Kafkaesque nightmare.