The island of Chios, 1960. Following the sudden death of the local rural guard, the council of the village of Tholopotami pressures the district agronomist to appoint a new man in the place of the deceased. The available rural guards refuse to go to this village, which has a bad reputation, and where their colleague died in the line of duty. When the village of Tholopotami resubmits its request and what′s more offers a financial incentive, four of them volunteer for the post. The agronomist appoints and subsequently dismisses one after another when each of the four fails in his mission. Each guard wields power or gets clobbered by the town, and all have good silent comedic faces.