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The dreams of large steelworks for dirt-cheap scrap, Greece’s environmental obligations to the European Union, and the Western dream of an army of illegal immigrants come together in a string of shantytowns in the shadow of the Acropolis. Which of the three is trodden underfoot? Three Roma from Albania, two Indians, a Turk, a Greek and a boy are a mere sample of the endless army of desperados who recycle the metal of an entire nation. The heroes are raw material themselves; hunter-gatherers in the heart of a modern European capital city. The film documents their toil in the city streets, through the turning of the seasons and the frenetic cycles of global economy.