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sister Selina has chosen a career in finances and works in London. She finally comes to visit Zoe in Greece together with Alex, a friend of Selina's who works with hedgefunds in the City of London. Alex and Selina have made plans for a lucrative use of the Greek family estate and they trick Zoe into signing a contract. In her relief of having found a solution to all her financial problems, Zoe signs without thoroughly reading the contents. Later she finds out that Selina and Alex have planned to build a hotel where the grandmother's olive trees are now and turn her avantgarde theatre into a tourist attraction. She stands up against the two in a political and philosophical finale.
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punishment. The victim of a robbery and rape has to proof they were not actually the robber and rapist themselves. A perverted, commercialised view of sex is displayed as well as an arranged child marriage and a debate about who is feminist. Also, there is a trespassing scene showing the absurdity of the landowner having to apologise to the trespasser for not having put up a bigger sign. There are scenes about trivialising rape jokes and explanatory stories about rape among animals. Up to three scenes takes place simultaneously before culminating in a monologue about the difficulty of transferring a thought into action.
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does not understand why she cannot replace Tommy in the father and son football game, but for Tommy and David, this is nothing worth discussing: Ruth should not be playing football but rather make the sandwiches. When she insists on playing, she gets sent off for being too aggressive. Tommy wants to re-establish a status quo of before Marie's death: Ruth taking over Marie's role, cooking and running the house, Sandra staying at home as well, as now Tommy is back to support them together with David.
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