Days of '36

With the Metaxas regime barely hanging on to power thanks to an uneasy compromise between the right-wing and the centrist forces, and against the backdrop of the 1936 elections, Sofianos, an ex-police informer who has fallen into disfavour, is arrested and charged with the murder of a trade unionist at a workers' rally. As Sofianos desperately tries to prove his innocence, one day, he is visited in prison by a Conservative Member of Parliament, and as one thing leads to another, he uses a smuggled gun to take the politician hostage. Now, with Sofianos threatening to kill him unless he is released, the Metaxas regime is faced with a grave dilemma: If they allow the assassination of the MP, they will lose right-wing support, but if they accept Sofianos' blackmail and set him free, they will lose the support of the centrists.