- A woman's beach vacation takes a dark turn when she begins to confront the troubles of her past.
- Leda is a middle-aged divorcee devoted to her work as an English teacher and to her two children. When her daughters leave home to be with their father in Canada, Leda anticipates a period of loneliness and longing. Instead, slightly embarrassed by the sensation, she feels liberated, as if her life has become lighter, easier. She decides to take a holiday by the sea, in a small coastal town in Greece. But after a few days of calm and quiet, things take a menacing turn. Leda encounters a family whose brash presence proves unsettling, at times even threatening. When a small, seemingly meaningless event occurs, Leda is overwhelmed by memories of the difficult, unconventional choices she made as a mother and their consequences for herself and her family. The seemingly serene tale of a woman's pleasant rediscovery of herself soon becomes the story of a ferocious confrontation with an unsettled past.
- Too busy with resentment to free herself from a heavy conscience, Leda Caruso, a sad-eyed English professor and translator, decides to take a brief working holiday at a sun-kissed Greek island. Having spent nearly half her life being at war with her wants, needs, and even her impulses, this time, Leda is bent on enjoying her vacation--after all, it's the little things in life that count. However, as Leda whiles away the time going to the beach, reading, and relishing the joy of eating alone, unfavourable omens and an impertinent intrusion in the shape of beautiful Nina's boisterous family threaten to blemish the fleeting illusion. Now, painful fragments of an equally guilty past emerge, bringing to mind the bitter aftertaste of life's tough choices. They say failure shapes us. But does it also define us?—Nick Riganas
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