In the 1950s, Grigoris and Iulia are very much in love with each other, but they are the children of feuding families. Iulia is forced to marry Giorgikis, a rich and much older man whom she does not love.
The lives of different people and also different worlds are entangled. Of the night and the margin on the one hand, of the day and the legal order on the other. The two worlds will come together to clash to the death. As everyone's secrets are revealed and losses pile up on both sides, a great love will be born from the ashes and people will discover who the world around them really is as well as themselves. Because beneath the cruelty and hypocrisy, the fate of all of us is common.
Based on the books of famous author Victoria Hislop, the series transports us to Crete and London, through 12 riveting, independent stories, starring Andreas Κonstantinou. Joseph, an introverted, Greek-born English archaeologist, is planning to propose to his girlfriend and has arranged a trip to his birthplace, Crete. When she doesn't show up at the airport, he sets out on a solitary walkabout of the island. He starts sending postcards to his ex-girlfriend's house in London, with stories he hears or experiences. He doesn't know, however, that the postcards are received by the house's new occupant, Eli, who develops feelings for this mysterious man.
An unexpected event comes to disturb the seemingly calm life of a strong society. The tracks of a school bus are suddenly lost, one morning. Inside the bus are nine elementary school students, children of wealthy and powerful families, along with the driver and an attendant. Police investigations are moving in uncharted waters and everything shows that it has to do with a group abduction, but a young journalist unexpectedly finds himself at the center of events. An entire society is being shaken. A puzzle of suspects is formed, secret passions and intrigues are revealed. The masks fall and the hidden lives of the protagonists come to light. Faced with a nightmarish reality, the heroes are forced to face their own demons. Will they manage to cross the "Silent Road" to reach the truth, atonement and finally redemption?
Giannos Perlegas born 1981, an actor and writer, known for Logoi kai amartimata (2004), Apo erota (2014) and To kelepouri (2003).