MURDERESS
SYNOPSIS:
Early 1900’s on a Greek island. Hadoula, who lost her husband at a
young age, is a woman who has learned to survive in a male –
dominated and extremely patriarchal society, the hard way.
Hadoula carries a difficult burden within her. Like a baton passed
on to her from her mother and the previous generations, she is
supposed to accept the devaluation and lower fate of women.
But Hadoula reacts. Her personal, internal, bubbling revolution is
soon externalized. 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 authorities. Forcing her
to leave her home and escape to her refuge, nature. As much as
her faith and morals dictate that she has done the right thing, her
transgenerational trauma follows her everywhere. The end comes
as a redemption.
The story is based on Alexandros Papadiamantis’ “social novel” of
the same name, a landmark of Greek literature.
