Stigma

Unable to determine the marker of Down syndrome, a once-blissful couple has to take the future of their newborn boy in their hands. In the next dark days, the father will reach out to his connections; but, is it ever right to end a life? A young couple (Antonis Kafetzopoulos and Olia Lazaridou) have a baby affected with the Down Syndrome. In order to avoid the difficulties entailed in bringing a child that will never live a normal life, they decided to put an end to its life. That is illegal and the doctors don't take such a responsibility. Eventually, the couple with the aid of the girl's mother (Ntina Konsta) will feed the baby with water instead of milk, until it dies. Their deed will not be noticed but their relationship will never be the same. Finally they will be divorced. —Anonymous Unable to determine the crucial PAPP-A protein--the principal biochemical marker of Down syndrome--the blissful newlywed couple of Petros and Eleni find themselves before an unforeseen and equally cruel dilemma: take the future of their newborn boy in their hands. In the agonising days following the unfortunate childbirth, the desperate father will reach out to his connections, bent on finding answers and a way out of the insufferable burden; however, his is a perilous path, as a heavy cloak of ambiguity shrouds the always controversial ethics of euthanasia. Is it ever right to end a life? —Nick Riganas