Early 1900’s on a Greek island. Hadoula, who lost her husband at a young age, is a woman who has learned to survive in a male – dominated and extremely patriarchal society, the hard way. But Hadoula reacts. 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. The story is based on Alexandros Papadiamantis’ socio-historical novel of the same name, a landmark of Greek literature.