60-year-old Maria, a veteran cleaner on the Blue Star ferry, discovers a shocking secret: there is an appraiser on board ship, evaluating the ferry for potential sale to Canada. This is desperate news for Maria. She is still two years from pension, jobs are scarce with the Greek financial crisis, and her daughters, Maraki and Vicki, also work as cleaners on the ferry. It takes all three Blue Star paychecks to share their cheap, claustrophobic rental in Athens.
Maria leads the staff in sabotaging the ship to devalue it in the eyes of the Canadian sale appraiser, Chris. She clashes with newly pregnant Maraki, who longs for Pericles, her deadbeat ex-lover, and also with Vicki, who suddenly finds Maria’s arch-enemy, Chris, irresistible.
Maria herself gets bit by the love bug when supervisor Alekos uncovers her secret campaign to stop the sale. But Maria will do anything – even try some killing and kidnapping – to keep her ferry in Greece and her daughters safe with her.