The Way To The West

• Movies
• 2003-04-07
• EL
• Released
• 1h 16m
• GR
• Drama

• 7.0
• 1

Production

Greek Film Centre

Storyline

The film is a combination of documentary and fiction. A woman from the former Soviet Union, Irina, comes to Greece in search of a better life and falls victim to the sex slave trade (trafficking). She wanders around Athens in search of a friend of hers who has disappeared. Her story unfolds through a series of personal confessions. During these moments of reality, Irina is in some way present as a sort of "suffering angel" who comments on the aftermath, indirectly linking the present to the past, the real to the imaginary