A couple faces the unthinkable: mercy or murder for their own child?
A young couple (Antonis Kafetzopoulos and Olia Lazaridou) have a baby affected with the Down Syndrome. In order to avoid the difficulties entailed in bringing a child that will never live a normal life, they decided to put an end to its life.
Acting
Kafetzopoulos and Lazaridou render impossible choices with devastating restraint.
Direction
Tasios refuses easy answers, letting silence do the screaming.
Director
Pavlos Tasios
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Greece's conservative 1980s, the film was nearly banned for 'anti-family' content despite its sympathetic framing.
Lazaridou reportedly refused to break character between takes, leading crew to genuinely worry about her mental state.
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