Fonissa
7.3
“Caress me. Kiss me. Don't you love me?”
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
21 people
Karyofyllia Karabeti
Hadoula 'Frangoyannou'
Known for
The Beekeeper
Maria Protopappa
Delcharo (Hadoula's mother)
Known for
Adults in the Room
Elena Topalidou
Amersa
Known for
The Carpenter's Son
Penelope Tsilika
Delhcaro (Hadoula's daughter)
Known for
Little England
Crimes of the Future
Georgianna Dalara
Hadoula (young)
Also in
Adults in the Room
Christos Stergioglou
Priest Nicholas
Known for
Dogtooth
Stath Lets Flats
Stathis Stamoulakatos
Kambanachmakis
Also in
Knifer
Behind the Haystacks
Dimitris Imellos
Dadis
Also in
Tailor
Her Job
Christina Maxouri
Rinio
Also in
The consulate of Julia
Roots
Olga Damani
Priest's wife
Known for
Handling the Undead
Ersi Malikenzou
Lyringos' mother-in-law
Known for
A Touch of Spice
Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos
Rinio's husband
Known for
The Field Guide to Evil
Eva Nathena Director · Katerina Bei Screenplay Alexandros Papadiamantis Story
Budget $1.4M · First release November 30, 2023 · Produced in Greece
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Budget
$1,414,156
Production
Tanweer Productions
Production
View Master Films
Production
Cosmote TV
Production
Ekome
Production
Greece
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Languages
Original title
Φόνισσα
Original language
Greek
Spoken on screen
Greek
Release dates
Cyprus · November 30, 2023
Theatrical
Greece · November 30, 2023
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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