Description:The lengthy presentation signed by Aglaїa Mītropoulou presents biographical data of the director, as well as his opinion on the “faithful” adaptation of literature in the cinema. It briefly mentions that the story is based on the homonym novel of Papadiamantis (1903) in which Ferris as the novel mentions found an “ideal mean to transfer us to the world of dreams and sublimity and therefore to the world of religious sacrifice and to the world of changing the victim into immolator having as catalyst only guilt”. It also mentions the few but important interferences of the director which do not change the style of the book. Finally, the program presents the film’s distinctions and praises the “remarkable associates” of the director, the photography, the music and the leading part of Fragkogiannou.