Fonissa (2023)

  • NR
  • 11/30/2023 (CY)
  • Drama
  • 1h 36m

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

Overview

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.

Katerina Bei

Screenplay

Eva Nathena

Director

Alexandros Papadiamantis

Novel

Cast

Karyofyllia Karabeti's headshot

Karyofyllia Karabeti

Hadoula 'Frangoyannou'
Maria Protopappa's headshot

Maria Protopappa

Delcharo (Hadoula's mother)
Elena Topalidou's headshot

Elena Topalidou

Amersa
Penelope Tsilika's headshot

Penelope Tsilika

Delhcaro (Hadoula's daughter)
Georgianna Dalara's headshot

Georgianna Dalara

Hadoula (young)
Christos Stergioglou's headshot

Christos Stergioglou

Priest Nicholas
Stathis Stamoulakatos's headshot

Stathis Stamoulakatos

Kambanachmakis
Dimitris Imellos's headshot

Dimitris Imellos

Dadis

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