Murderess

Φόνισσα

64th TIFF: World Premiere

Based on the classic masterpiece by Alexandros Papadiamantis, Murderess takes place on a remote island in Greece, circa 1900. The story revolves around the dominant "mother-daughter" dipole and the dominant pattern of women's relationships with each other that initially influence the microcosm of the family and then the microcosm of provincial society. There, Hadoula, trapped in her own mother's rejection, struggles to survive following the dictates of a patriarchal society. Mentally humiliated, amidst the discrediting of her very status as a woman, she wants to be freed not only from her persecutors, but also from her own fate, that of a person who has lost her way. That is why death comes neither as a punishment nor as an atonement.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Eva Nathena

Script: Katerina Bei

Cinematography: Panagiotis Vassiliakis

Editing: Aggela Despotidou

Sound: Marinos Athanasopoulos, Kostas Varympopiotis

Music: Dimitris Papadimitriou

Actors: Kariofillia Karabeti, Maria Protopappa, Elena Topalidou, Penelope Tsilika, Georgianna Dallara, Christos Stergioglou, Stathis Stamoulakatos, Dimitris Imellos, Christina Maksouri, Olga Damani, Ersi Malikenzou, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Agoritsa Economou, Michalis Economou, Veronika Davaki, Niki Papandreou, Mania Papadimitriou , Maria Skoulas, Yannis Tsortekis, Galini Chatzipashali, Rita Litou, Loxandra Loukas, Ariadni Velli

Production: Tanweer

Producers: Dionyssis Samiotis, Costas Lampropoulos

Co-production: View Master Films, COSMOTE TV, Greek Film Centre

Co-producers: Yorgos Kyriakos, Yannis Zarganis, Dimitris Michalakis, Fay Tsitsipi, Grigoris Kokkinakis

Costumes: Eva Nathena

Sets: Eva Nathena

Make Up: Evi Zafiropoulou

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2023

Duration: 97'

Distribution in Greece: Tanweer (info@tanweer.gr)

Contact: Tanweer (info@tanweer.gr)

Eva Nathena

Born in Crete. She studied at the Athens School of Fine Arts. She worked as an assistant to set designer Dionysis Fotopoulos and then she went on to work with stage and film directors such as Costa Gavras and Panntelis Voulgaris. She was awarded the State Prize for Costume Design three times.