Fonissa (Murderess)

Dir. Eva Nathena. 2023, 97 mins. Greece. In Greek with English subtitles. DCP. With Karyofyllia Karabeti, Maria Protopappa, Penelope Tsilika, Elena Topalidou, Dimitris Imellos, Christos Stergioglou, Giannis Tsortekis. Based on the classic novel by Alexandros Papadiamantis. Driven to despair over women’s oppressive living conditions in her island community circa 1900, a midwife finds a violent solution to confront the evils of a male-dominated society. Seeing herself as a savior of sorts, she takes the lives of young girls to spare them from a future of hardship and servitude.  Co-presented with NYWIFT, New York Women in Film & Television. 

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