After his retirement, Uncle George, the American, returns from Sacramento to Greece, to the village of his mother, Thanasis, to spend the rest of his life.

Thanasis, the little friend of the American, after his studies at the National Technical University of Athens, chooses the University of Berkeley for his PhD, near Sacramento.

The two friends have many things in common, including their love for photography.

The inheritance that the American left to Thanasis becomes an opportunity to unravel the thread of the History of the 20th century, one of the most interesting centuries in the history of humanity, both for the unprecedented events that took place during it and for the prospects it created.

In the century of the glorification of the image, the events are connected to Thanasis' studies and are often commented on beyond the obvious first level of reading.