29th Greek Film Festival: The Murderess

The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) announces the screening of Eva Nathena’s highly anticipated movie The Murderess, arsenic portion of the 29th Greek Film Festival!

Set successful the aboriginal 1900s connected the Greek Island of Skiathos, the movie follows Hadoula (Karyophyllia Karampeti), a pistillate who has learned to past successful a male-dominated and highly patriarchal nine the hard way. However, Hadoula fights back, liberating the young girls from her colony from the societal and economical load of being…by taking their lives.

Based connected Alexandros Papadiamantis’ socio-historical caller of the aforesaid name, a landmark of Greek literature, the movie has gone connected to triumph 6 awards astatine the 2023 Thessaloniki Film Festival arsenic good arsenic 2 awards from the Greek Film Academy.

Critics person described the movie arsenic “a tightly woven quality thriller with Papadiamantis arsenic its earthy material”, “a movie that is moving successful Hadoula’s interior struggle betwixt salvation and crime, that shows however misogyny and patriarchy are intelligibly passed down from procreation to procreation to the contiguous time and that respects the greatness of Papadiamantis” and “a masterful adaptation of Alexandros Papadiamantis’ masterpiece novel”.

Book your tickets for the movie astatine https://www.palacecinemas.com.au/movies/gff24-murderess

ABOUT THE GREEK FILM FESTIVAL

The 29th Greek Film Festival volition play crossed Palace Cinemas astatine their Astor Theater, Palace Cinemas Balwyn, Palace Cinema Como and for the archetypal clip astatine Palace Pentridge successful an expanded program.

The afloat programme volition beryllium released shortly.