Sur son lit de mort, Eleni ne demande qu’une chose : une figue. Son mari, Kostas, prend le chemin du figuier le plus proche mais se tord le pied en cueillant le fruit tant désiré. Commence alors le combat du vieil homme contre une nature sans pitié et un destin ironique.

Eleni asks for a fig on her deathbed. Her husband, Kostas goes to the nearest tree to get one, but falls down and breaks his foot. Time is short, and Kostas is old. With one fig in his hand he struggles through the harsh nature to get home in time to fulfill his wife´s last wish