Fonissa (2023) Murderess
Fonissa (2023)
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 6110 Kbps | 93 min | 4,22 Gb
Audio: Greek AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Greek, Romanian
Genre: Drama
WEB-Dl 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 6110 Kbps | 93 min | 4,22 Gb
Audio: Greek AC3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Greek, Romanian
Genre: Drama
Director: Eva Nathena
Stars: Karyofyllia Karabeti, Maria Protopappa, Elena Topalidou
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.
IMDB - 12 wins
I went to watch this movie fearing that because of its female directorship, it would focus more on the "patriarchy" issue and not on the rest of the stuff. Thankfully, I was completely wrong. The movie perfectly captures the mental and psychological world of the protagonist as well as the era (1902, Skiathos Island). As far as the acting goes, it was not something special but is surely stands out from most Greek movies. Papadiamantis wrote a masterpiece and Eve Nathena transfered that masterpiece into the big screen in a way well beyond what we have to get used to in Greece. In other words, go and see it!
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Fonissa (2023) Murderess
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