The Wilder (2023)
The Wilder
2023When Eva, a little Greek-Romanian girl with a speech impediment, loses both her parents on the same day in an accident, Loukas, her reclusive, racist grandfather who has never met her is the only Greek relative who can take custody of her, yet he stubbornly refuses. The unknown fate of Eva is now assigned to Marina, a social worker from a broken home, who decides to fight alongside Loukas against his past, thus forcing both him and herself to work towards their own salvation for the first time.
Seasons & Episode
A dramatic circumstance will align the paths of Loukas and little Eva, grandfather and granddaughter, who have never met each other, with those of Marina, a sensitive social worker, and Manos, a juvenile prosecutor with a troubled family life.
Marina begins to investigate the dark personality of Loukas, who is once again involved in a violent incident. When Marina goes to meet him, he refuses any contact with Eva.
At the social service, Marina is attacked for her stance, but Loukas, shaken by his first meeting with Eva and by Marina's insistence, decides to change his mind.
His hard heart seems to be softening. And while everyone is extremely worried about this unusual experiment, Loukas accepts temporary custody, so Marina and Manos take Eva to the farm.
Following twelve years of loneliness, Loukas spends a few days with Marina and his "unknown" granddaughter and everything seems to change. Marina watches as other people's fears are disproved and her own hunch is proven right. But when it’s time to leave the two of them alone, those fears return.
Elena, Eva's grandmother from Romania, arrives in Greece; at the same time, an unexpected complaint leads to a new investigation into Louka's dark past.
When Eva, a little Greek-Romanian girl with a speech impediment, loses both her parents on the same day in an accident, Loukas, her reclusive, racist grandfather who has never met her is the only Greek relative who can take custody of her, yet he stubbornly refuses. The unknown fate of Eva is now assigned to Marina, a social worker from a broken home, who decides to fight alongside Loukas against his past, thus forcing both him and herself to work towards their own salvation for the first time.