Sworn not to laugh until Crete is liberated, Captain Michalis lives in the Great Castle at the end of the 19th century, with the reputation of a wild beast accompanying him at every moment. However, he seems to lose his focus and stray from his values when he meets Emine, the wife of his brother-in-law Nouribey, as if possessed by a "demon" unknown to him until then. As the tense situation between Ottomans and Christians on the island leads to a series of events that will result in the revolution of 1889, Captain Michalis finds himself seeking freedom in yet another domain…