Fonissa
Fonissa

Movie·2023·1h 36m

Fonissa

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

Directed By

Eva Nathena

Country

Greece

Language

Greek

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The Story

Original title: Φόνισσα

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.

Written By

Katerina Bei

Producer

Dionysis Samiotis, Kostas Lambropoulos

Cinematography

Panagiotis Vasilakis

Editor

Aggela Despotidou

Themes

based on novel or book1900s20th century

Production House

Tanweer Productions
View Master Films
Cosmote TV
Ekome

Audience Score

66%

24 votes

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Timepass27%
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Perfection24%

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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

Krinio

Maria Skoula

Maria Skoula

Perivolaris' wife

Yannis Tsortekis

Yannis Tsortekis

// crew

Crew

Aggela Despotidou

Editor

Katerina Bei

Katerina Bei

Screenplay

Dionysis Samiotis

Dionysis Samiotis

Producer

Panagiotis Vasilakis

Director of Photography

Kostas Lambropoulos

Producer

Eva Nathena

Eva Nathena

Director

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