This wry comedy of rural life does double duty as an examination of the Greek character and its sly trangression of authority during some of the more drastic political developments of the past forty years. Divided into four sections, the film starts with the sudden death of a rural guard in the tiny community of Tholopotami. When the town's council offers a financial incentive to replace the dead man, four guards apply for the chore. Traditional, dictatorial, conciliatory, or modern, each new guard and his relations with the town serve as a subtle allegory for the country's recent history. Four Seasons is almost Ealing-esque in its portrait of a community bound to its way of life.