The aging midwife Hadoula walks the rugged paths of her male-dominated world in The Murderess, her skilled hands shifting from their past role of birthing babies to ending lives. The barren Greek island displays no beauty against the Aegean Sea. Here, people judge life by its practical value, and families grieve when girls are born.
The film shows a dark reality where killing baby girls becomes expected, born from an economic system that sees daughters as financial burdens, their marriage payments crushing poor families. As someone who helps women during birth, Hadoula sees their ongoing hardships clearly. She starts killing instead of protecting life, making her both evil and protective – her acts try to save girls from lives filled with service and abuse.
The film makes us ask if Hadoula fights against or supports evil. Each time she kills brings both anger at society and madness. The empty island reflects her broken mind,...
The film shows a dark reality where killing baby girls becomes expected, born from an economic system that sees daughters as financial burdens, their marriage payments crushing poor families. As someone who helps women during birth, Hadoula sees their ongoing hardships clearly. She starts killing instead of protecting life, making her both evil and protective – her acts try to save girls from lives filled with service and abuse.
The film makes us ask if Hadoula fights against or supports evil. Each time she kills brings both anger at society and madness. The empty island reflects her broken mind,...
- 1/18/2025
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
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