Directed by Jules Dassin | Starring: Melina Mercouri, Ellen Burstyn, Andréas Voutsinas, Despo Diamantidou

Melina Mercouri plays Maya, a jet-setting Greek actress who returns to her homeland to undertake the role of Medea. Searching for inspiration and clues as to how a mother could kill the children she loves, Maya discovers Brenda (Ellen Burstyn), a bible-spouting American woman serving time in an Athens prison for that very crime.