Inthemovie,three-timewinnerof“BestYellinActionFilm,”boxofficekingandactionstarNicCassinoisknockedoffhisperchbythenextgenerationofactionheroes.Inanattempttorevivehiscareer,hetravelstoItalytomakethefirstever“Neo-Realist”actionfilmwithdownontheirluckItaliandirectors.However,unresolvedstruggleswithhisfamilyresurfaceandheisforcedtoreconcileallheleftbehindonhisroadtofame.

影片是亚西西的嘉勒的传记片，亚西西的嘉勒是意大利圣徒，亚西西的方济各最早的追随者之一。她担任亚西西的方济各所创立的，属于方济各会传统的女性修会贫穷修女会的第一任院长。在她去世后，该修会命名为嘉勒隐修修女会。

Evdokia(Greek:Ευδοκία)isoneofthemostimportantworksofGreekcinema.Evdokiaisadramaofpassionwhosemaincharactersareasergeantandaprostitutewhogetmarriedafterabriefpassionateidyll.Verysoon,however,theinfluenceoftheirenvironmentstrainstheirrelationship,andthemantriestobreakaway,butwithoutsuccess.Thepairaresurroundedbyharshlight,therock,thebarelandscapesandthemilitaryexercises,ontheonehand,sensualityandconstrictions,ontheother.Becauseofheroccupation,Evdokiabothattractsandrepelsthesergeant.Thepetitbourgeoisenvironment,thelumpenelements,thesocialfringesandpettyinterestsstifletheyoungcouple,whichappearstowanttorebel,butdoesn'tsucceed.　　Witheverythingmovingamongviolentsensuality,cruelty,coarsenessandtotalausterity,this"prosaic"storyassumesthedimensionsofanancienttragedy.Theinnerstruggleoftheheroes,theconflictofdesiresandvalues,thestraightforwardnarration,vigorouspace,immediacyandsoundconstructionconstituteoneofthemostimportantworksoftheGreekcinema.InGreece,thefilmismostlyknownforthepopularinstrumentalpiece"ZeibekikoofEvdokia",writtenbyManosLoizos.In1986,EvdokiawasvotedbytheGreekmoviecriticsasthebestGreekfilmofalltimes.

影片是亚西西的嘉勒的传记片，亚西西的嘉勒是意大利圣徒，亚西西的方济各最早的追随者之一。她担任亚西西的方济各所创立的，属于方济各会传统的女性修会贫穷修女会的第一任院长。在她去世后，该修会命名为嘉勒隐修修女会。