21st Annual San Francisco Greek Film Festival

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It is the early 20th century on a dystopian Greek island. Hadoula , a widow who lost her husband, loannis Fragkos, at a young age, is a woman who has learned how to survive in a male-dominated and extremely patriarchal society. Hadoula carries a difficult burden within her. Like a baton passed on to her from her mother, and the generations before her, she is meant to accept the belittling and degradation of women. Hadoula reacts. Her personal, internal revolution soon comes forth. The victims of her outburst are the little girls of the island, whom she sets free from the social and economic burden that their existence entails by taking their lives. Her actions will bring her face to face with the law. She leaves her home and escapes to her refuge, nature. But as much as her faith and morals dictate that she did the right thing, her transgenerational trauma follows her everywhere. And the end comes as redemption. A story based on Alexandros Papadiamantis' landmark "social novel" of the same name, a staple of Greek literature. Director Eva Nathena’s sensational feature film debut has been a critical success in Greece, and the biggest box-office success there in 2023; and received much acclaim for the powerful performance of Karyofillia Karabeti.

  • Year
    2023
  • Runtime
    95 minutes
  • Language
    Modern Greek (1453-)
  • Country
    Greece
  • Genre
    Narrative Feature, Drama
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    Eva Nathena
  • Screenwriter
    Katerina Bei
  • Producer
    Dionyssis Samiotis, Costas Lambropoulos
  • Cast
    Karyofillia Karabeti, Maria Protopappa
  • Cinematographer
    Panagiotis Vassilakis
  • Editor
    Aggela Despotidou
  • Music
    Dimitris Papadimitriou