帕纳约塔与丈夫科斯塔斯和两个孩子住在雅典一个很受欢迎的社区里，生活似乎很平静。她唯一的工作就是照料家务和抚养孩子。随着经济危机的严重打击，这个家庭艰难度日。在这种情况下，帕纳约塔为了补贴家用，外出就职，找到了一份清洁工的工作。虽然她的工作环境恶劣，她也面临着残酷的剥削，但到目前为止，她在枯燥的生活中度过了最快乐的时光。但这不会持续太久，因为第一轮的裁员很快就会到来。

十部必看的希腊电影经典之一。如果想了解希腊文化尤其是音乐此片必看。1984年柏林电影节最佳导演银熊奖。　　Considered to be one of the most powerful and emotional Greek movies, Rembetiko focuses on the life of an individual woman,a real person and through her personal story, it retells the story of Greece,from 1920 to 1955the national disaster in Asia Minor,the one million refugees who came to Greece,the World War II,the Nazi occupation,the Civil War.The tragedy and the glory of a nation during the century.And all these bound with the music of rembetiko,the music of the outcasts.Great direction,great performances,great music.A voyage to history of the first half of the 20th century, but also a voyage to the origins of rembetiko.Realistic and dreamy.An original Greek epic.