Véspera de Natal de 1970. No campo militar grego Vati, próximo à fronteira com a Turquia, estão todos se preparando para a celebração anual de Natal. Os pensamentos do tenente anti-social Stefanos Karamanidis, no entanto, voltam-se a outra direção: ele é secretamente apaixonado por Zoe, esposa do Coronel Manolis Loggos, e pretende convidá-la para dançar tango no baile de natal. O problema é que ele não sabe dançar. Determinado a realizar seu desejo, o tenente recruta o tímido e sensível soldado Lazarus Lazarou como seu instrutor de dança.

When a mysterious virus breaks out in an isolated army camp, a lazy reservist soldier and his tough commander must work together to survive, and learn what it means to be real soldiers.

This is a touching and somber journey of Lasya, who lives with her father Karma and younger brother Chomo in a remote village in the Himalayas. Pristine snow capped mountains surround their tiny hamlet and barren harsh land stretches for miles into nowhere. One day the army moves in, settles a hundred yards across their doorstep. The last bit of comfort the family draws from their familiar surroundings changes into a harsh ceaseless irreversible conflict. The film depicts the life of this family whose dream like existence is interrupted by inevitable odds, one after the other.

Army buddies help Private Trevor court the daughter of their commanding officer. All efforts fail - until a hero is revealed and the sergeant masquerades as a housekeeper!