Demetra is a sex worker, activist and owner of one of the oldest brothels in Athens. By following her everyday life for twelve years, the camera chronicles the way Demetra’s professional and personal life has changed due to the financial crisis. Getting to know Demetra, we are confronted with stereotypes about sex and personal choice. However, the film is not a issue driven documentary. Rather, it is an attempt to draw a portrait of an independent woman whose life has been marked by loss but who still remains passionate and lovable.

About the director 
Eva Stefani is a film director and visual artist (The Box, What time is it, Acropolis, Athene, Days and Nights with Demetra K.) Her films have been screened and awarded in international festivals (Cinema du Reel, Oberhausen, Idfa, Europe autour de l’ Europe etc) and she has participated in international exhibitions, such as Documenta14 and the Venice Biennale 2019. She is a professor in the Department of Communication and Media at the School of Communication and Media at the University of Athens. She has published two books on documentary 10 Texts for Documentary, Documentary, The Game of Observation) and a book of poetic prose, Finn’s Hair. She studied Political Science in Athens and film in Paris (Ateliers Varan), New York (New York University) and London (National Film School). Her Ph.D. dissertation is on ethnographic cinema. She has just completed her last feature film Bull’s heart.