1972. Arsinoe Island. Electra, a woman trapped in the roles others chose for her suffocates in the closed island society. Married to her elder mayor of Arsinoe, Sotiris Vretto, Electra has christened submissive duty and oppression incarnate. She searches every day for the few moments of freedom offered by a dip in the river and a ride on her horse, until the moment she meets her destiny.