Murderess

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.