Fonissa (2023)
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.
Director:
Eva Nathena
Writer:
Katerina Bei
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Karyofyllia Karabeti as Hadoula 'Frangoyannou' |
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Maria Protopappa as Delcharo (Hadoula's mother) |
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Elena Topalidou as Amersa |
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Penelope Tsilika as Delhcaro (Hadoula's daughter) |
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Georgianna Dalara as Hadoula (young) |
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Christos Stergioglou as Priest Nicholas |
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Stathis Stamoulakatos as Kambanachmakis |
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Dimitris Imellos as Dadis |
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Christina Maxouri as Rinio |
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Olga Damani as Priest's wife |
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Ersi Malikenzou as Lyringos' mother-in-law |
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Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos as Rinio's husband |
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Agoritsa Economou as Moscho |
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Michalis Ikonomou as Yannis Perivolaris |
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Veronika Davaki as Lyringos' wife |
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Niki Papandreou as Krinio |
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Maria Skoula as Perivolaris' wife |
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Yannis Tsortekis as |
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Galini Chatzipaschali as |
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Mania Papadimitriou as Hadoula's sister-in-law |
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Loxandra Lucas as |
| Writing | Katerina Bei | Screenplay |
| Editing | Aggela Despotidou | Editor |
| Sound | Marinos Athanassopoulos | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Sotiria Marini | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Evi Zafiropoulou | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hronis Tzimos | Hair Designer |
| Production | Akis Gourzoulidis | Casting |
| Production | Dionysis Samiotis | Producer |
| Writing | Alexandros Papadiamantis | Original Story |
| Sound | Nikos Gatsos | Songs |
| Writing | Alexandros Papadiamantis | Novel |
| Sound | Dimitris Papadimitriou | Music |
| Camera | Panagiotis Vasilakis | Director of Photography |
| Production | Kostas Lambropoulos | Producer |
| Sound | Kostas Varympopiotis | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Eva Nathena | Director |
| Art | Eva Nathena | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Nathena | Costume Designer |
| Directing | Eva Nathena | Script Supervisor |
| Art | Eva Nathena | Production Design |
