Shadow theatre is a very popular form of entertainment in Greece on warm summer evenings. The colorful posters with Karagiozis, the main protagonist of these itinerant popular shows, are in all the villages and the little ones enthusiastically participate in the performances amidst laughter, moments of excitement for the adventures of the protagonists and reflections on the topics covered.

On a Greek island, especially in winter, time seems to go slower than in the rest of the world. The rhythms are marked by the conditions of the sky and the sea and reality finds an explanation in an intricate intertwining of myths, memories, history, traditions and science. It so happens that the warm temperatures of these days are not only determined by meteorological causes but also by a couple so in love as to involuntarily offend the gods, a compassionate Zeus and a beautiful sea bird, the Alcyone (or kingfisher).