Now on this sun-splashed Greek island KATERINA (Agni Scott) careers her bicycle down a steep hill while her nine-year-old daughter, AGAPOULA, exhilarated, hangs on for dear life. Katerina is unmarried, owns the village taverna, and lives a fulfilled if simple life. The last thing she needs is an unsettling romance, but that’s exactly what she’s about to get!
Down in the harbor, the ferry pulls in to the docks. Tourists, shoppers, locals returning home stream into the village, and one stranger – ERIC (Matthew Modine) – an American archeologist equipped with the finest state-of-the-art technology, comes to the island in search of a lost Biblical artefact that his father had searched for in vain. TIERNEY (Richard Griffiths), the resident archeologist and local character, shows Eric the ropes. When Eric and Katerina meet – OPA!
But the course of true love is never smooth, and soon Eric determines that the ancient chalice he seeks is most likely buried right under Katerina’s beloved taverna. The MAYOR and the townspeople want the acclaim and tourists that the chalice will bring, Tierney needs further funding to keep his ongoing project alive, and Eric wants to fulfill his (and his late father’s) life-long quest.
The price exacted will be love – because it’s plain to see that Eric and Katerina are soul-mates, and they have finally found each other most unexpectedly. But this is not a simple matter of sparks flying, but of worlds colliding – the new world of modern technology coupled with ambition, and the old world of serenity and living at peace in one’s homeland.
Eric comes to realize that his father’s ambition was a burden, the burden has been passed to him, and it is costing him the love of his life. Eric abandons his search and, confused and crestfallen, boards the outbound ferry for the mainland and then home to America.
But wait! Who’s that chasing the ferry in her speed boat? The other passengers cheer as Eric tosses aside his clothes – the Captain is chagrined as Eric climbs up onto the railing, and…..
Love, as the saying goes, will find a way. And, as Eric discovers, Life Is For Living! OPA!