Μαύρο Λιβάδι | Black Field (2009)

dir. Vardis Marinakis In 1654 in Greece under Ottoman rule, a solitary janissary collapses from his wounds outside an isolated Orthodox nunnery. The nuns take him in and one with medical skills, Areti, tends him with the help of another, the young and shy Anthi. Both are fascinated by the presence of a man and, as he recovers, Areti starts an affair with him while Anthi has conflicting emotions. Learning that he is a deserter with a price on his head, the nuns realise that they dare not hide him and inform the authorities. As a contingent of soldiers arrives to collect him, Anthi escapes with him and the two go on the run. In the woods, a long-hidden secret comes out.