Young Kivelli loses everything when the Great Fire of 1922 razes her home city of Smyrna. She is stranded with other refugees in Piraeus, and ends up living in a brothel. Fortunately, the beauty of her singing voice leads to a recording career and a slow climb out of abject poverty. Although Kivelli’’s lot in life and love improves, she still longs for the lost magic of her youth in Smyrna.

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