29th Greek Film Festival in Melbourne to feature ‘The Murderess’

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The Greek Community of Melbourne (GCM) has announced the screening of Eva Nathena’s highly anticipated film The Murderess, as part of the 29th Greek Film Festival.

Set in the early 1900s on the Greek island of Skiathos, the film follows Hadoula (Karyophyllia Karampeti), a woman who has learned to survive in a male-dominated and highly patriarchal society the hard way. However, Hadoula fights back, liberating the young girls from her village from the social and economic burden of being… by taking their lives.

Based on Alexandros Papadiamantis’ socio-historical novel of the same name, a landmark of Greek literature, the film has gone on to win six awards at the 2023 Thessaloniki Film Festival, as well as two awards from the Greek Film Academy.

Critics have described the film as “a tightly woven character thriller with Papadiamantis as its raw material,” “a film that is moving in Hadoula’s inner conflict between salvation and crime, that shows how misogyny and patriarchy are clearly passed down from generation to generation to the present day and that respects the greatness of Papadiamantis,” and “a masterful adaptation of Alexandros Papadiamantis’ masterpiece novel.”

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

The 29th Greek Film Festival will play across Palace Cinemas at their Astor Theatre, Palace Cinemas Balwyn, Palace Cinema Como and for the first time at Palace Pentridge in an expanded program.

The full program will be released shortly.

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