Fonissa

Fonissa

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

2023 el 96 minutes

Rating: 6.6

Plot

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.

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Cast

Karyofyllia Karabeti

Karyofyllia Karabeti

Hadoula 'Frangoyannou'

Maria Protopappa

Maria Protopappa

Delcharo (Hadoula's mother)

Elena Topalidou

Elena Topalidou

Amersa

Penelope Tsilika

Penelope Tsilika

Delhcaro (Hadoula's daughter)

Georgianna Dalara

Georgianna Dalara

Hadoula (young)

Christos Stergioglou

Christos Stergioglou

Priest Nicholas

Stathis Stamoulakatos

Stathis Stamoulakatos

Kambanachmakis

Dimitris Imellos

Dimitris Imellos

Dadis

Christina Maxouri

Christina Maxouri

Rinio

Olga Damani

Olga Damani

Priest's wife

Ersi Malikenzou

Ersi Malikenzou

Lyringos' mother-in-law

Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos

Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos

Rinio's husband

Agoritsa Economou

Agoritsa Economou

Moscho

Michalis Ikonomou

Michalis Ikonomou

Yannis Perivolaris

Veronika Davaki

Veronika Davaki

Lyringos' wife

Niki Papandreou

Niki Papandreou

Krinio

Maria Skoula

Maria Skoula

Perivolaris' wife

Yannis Tsortekis

Yannis Tsortekis

Galini Chatzipaschali

Galini Chatzipaschali

Mania Papadimitriou

Mania Papadimitriou

Hadoula's sister-in-law

Loxandra Lucas

Loxandra Lucas

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