1817. Mani, Greece. Two rivals families decide to marry their children. After a while their grandchild is born and found dead in the river. Everyone blames Theofano, a girl, who is a witch.
Through thirteen images and an equal number of stories, little Melina-Amalia, the teenager, the woman, the fighter, Blanche, Stella, Ilya, Phaedra, Medea, Clytemnestra, Minister of Culture, the stoic Melina in Memorial Hospital, all aspects of the "last Greek goddess". Shot on the stage of the National Theater Rex - Marika Kotopouli, it captures, balancing between theater and cinema, important historical events that make the myth that surrounds the glamorous protagonist even more powerful and charming.
Every time a daughter was born, the father of Eleni, Asimina and Froso planted a poplar tree at the edge of their orchard to commemorate the arrival of the new child. As they grew and grew tall and slender, he boasted of them as his daughters. In the proudest poplar, however, Helen's poplar, a swarm of wild bees had already nested. "You will be happy, my daughter, and life will be as sweet as this honey. You'll see," her father used to tell her. But, the years passed and Eleni looked at the poplar and listened to the hum... "How do you know, father... How do you know that life has written only bitterness for my root".
Maria Kitsou (August 5, 1979) is a Greek actress, a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre. In 2009, she starred in the television series Karyotakis, embodying the face of the poet Maria Polydouri. In 2012, she won the Melina Merkouri Award for her performance in "Orphans" by Dennis Kelly, directed by Vangelis Theodoropoulos, at the theater of Neos Kosmos. She was also nominated for the same award in 2008, for her performance in Maxim Gorky's "At the Bottom". In 2014, she won the 1st Prize for Best Female Performance at the 2nd All4fun Audience Theatrical Awards for her performance in the play "Armadale" directed by Constantinos Aspiotis. In 2016, she won the 1st Prize for Best Actress at the 4th All4fun Audience Theater Awards for her performance in the play "Miss Julia" directed by Lillys Melemé. She became particularly known to the general public for her participation in the drama series Wild Bees (2019-2022) which was shown on ANT1. In the series she plays one of the leading roles, Eleni Stamiri.
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