Mrs. Zoe (Nina Menti) is a 65-year-old school cleaner from Xanthi, Greece. Her terminally ill husband is at home confined to bed and is being cared for by her. Medical bills are mounting forcing her to take two additional jobs cleaning houses.
As she tidies up her house and administers medications for her ailing husband the television news reports a man that was arrested over ten years ago for resisting arrest at a demonstration against police brutality has returned to court again over this long period being forbidden to travel and having to report once every two weeks to the police. His never ending entanglement has a Kafkaesque flavour!
Then in another news story a secretary to a Greek minister having run over and killed a pedestrian failing to stop just aside Greek Parliament after a public uproar has been suspended from his position for two months. His widow had demanded manslaughter charges but as his arrest was not at the scene there was not “sufficient evidence” to prosecute. Political connections and justice?
Then a Dean at a school walks free after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct and child abuse as despite an inquiry with multiple witnesses there were “doubts” as to the evidence.
Mrs. Zoe is arrested at home, handcuffed and led to the police station and as we heard on the news broadcast at the beginning of the short sentenced for fraud and forgery having forged a primary school certificate so she could get the job she has worked at for 22 years.
Small fry getting nailed and the big cheeses walking free. You now know why Justice was misspelt!
The director was Christina Charcharidi.
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