1196489
1196489

Fonissa

"Caress me. Kiss me. Don't you love me?"

2023-11-30
6.639
el 96m
Drama
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.

Editor

Aggela Despotidou

Art Direction

Eva Nathena

Screenplay

Katerina Bei

Sound Recordist

Marinos Athanassopoulos

Costume Design

Eva Nathena

Script Supervisor

Eva Nathena

based on novel or book 1900s 20th century

Status

Released

Budget

$1,414,156

Countries

  • Greece

Companies

  • Tanweer Productions
  • View Master Films
  • Cosmote TV
  • Ekome