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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 trans-generational trauma follows her everywhere. And the end comes as redemption.
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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 trans-generational trauma follows her everywhere. And the end comes as redemption.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Katerina Bei
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Runtime:96 minutes
Studio:Tanweer Productions, View Master Films, Cosmote TV, Ekome
Cast
Eva Nathena
Director
Karyofyllia Karabeti
Hadoula 'Frangoyannou'
Maria Protopappa
Delcharo (Hadoula's mother)
Elena Topalidou
Amersa
Penelope Tsilika
Delhcaro (Hadoula's daughter)
Georgianna Dalara
Hadoula (young)
Christos Stergioglou
Priest Nicholas
Stathis Stamoulakatos
Kambanachmakis
Dimitris Imellos
Dadis
Christina Maxouri
Rinio
Olga Damani
Priest's wife
Ersi Malikenzou
Lyringos' mother-in-law
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