Acheron is that mythical river in northwestern Greece where legend would have it Charon the ferryman transported souls of the damned to Hades. Coins were given to Charon in return for transportation. Yet there is a school of thought describing the Acheron River as a place of healing, cleansing and the purging of sin from human souls. Whatever your view accept it as a mystical place.
Maria (Smaragda Adamopoulou) and Nikos (Kostadinos Aspiotis) are a married couple travelling to the Acheron for a brief vacation. Both are distant particularly Nikos nervously and frequently click clacking his lighter. Obvious tension!
Maria remarks that she prefers Nikos the way he used to look without a beard.
Off they go a bicycle ride and they finally display affection towards each other. Before bedtime Nikos shaves off the beard and slips into bed not before playing with a barrette he finds in his toiletry bag leaving it on the bathroom sink. Waking up in the morning he discovers the barrette on his bedside table and Maria gone. A little problem here Nikos. That barrette is not Maria’s.
Flip a coin one day you might give to Charon. Is the Acheron River a place of healing or is Nikos on his way to Hades?
The director is Konstantina Papadopoulou.
RKS 2024 Film Rating 89/100.
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