That Burning Light

With a pressing need to pay back a debt to loan sharks, 30-year-old Ilias disembarks on a distant Greek island to claim the inheritance of his recently deceased father, a doctor, who seemingly abandoned him at a young age. Neither his acting uninterested in the death of his father nor his in- and-out plan however go as expected. He has to confront the fact that his father was saintly perceived by the locals as he gratuitously offered his medical services to whoever in need, something that comes in stark contrast both to Ilias’ value system or his image of his father as a selfish man. The inheritance is limited to a small piece of land and, to make things worse, a strange paralysis occurs to Ilias’ limbs, whilst similarly unexplained illnesses and accidents afflict the local community at an alarming speed. Ilias’ physical struggle and immobility force him to accept his true emotions towards his father. It is there where he comes closer to Mercedes, a 25-year-old woman working at the rentals where he stays. And while the world seems to be coming to an end, a sense of urgency brings new hope.