Across her Body

The "immaculate" body of the Virgin Mary, the desolate body of the once rural Thirasia and the perishable body of women are revealed through the lens of Zacharias Mavroeidis (The Guide, Defunct) composing an ephemeral representation of post-war Greece in the shadow of Santorini.

Synopsis

Every year, on July 31st, Mrs. Irene and the remaining fifteeners» return to the obsolete Monastery of the Accession, on Therasia, the little known island near the cosmopolitan Santorini. For two weeks, they pray for eternal rest of their beloved ones while preparing the church for the day of the Accession. In between, they recall the past gazing at the tourist traffic across the volcanic bay.