The Murderess

An adaptation of one of the greatest greek novellas The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis Fragkogiannou Maria Alkaiou a harddone by deranged woman after a life full of hardship recalls the past by her newborn girl grandchilds crib Her mother was a wicked woman and one of her sons was a criminal Lost in a haze she strangles the baby as she is concvinced that girls can cause their family only trouble Later she lets a little girl drown in a well while she drowns three other little girls one of whom is a newborn baby This is her way of sparing children and parents of the inevitable suffering in life