This story, which became a screenplay, has its own history. Summer of 1969. I am on vacation in Crete. One day, the phone rings. It’s Filopimin Finos. “Lakis, I’m in the office with Alice and Dimitris, and we’re discussing the next movie. Our wish is for you to write the script and repeat the success of the film 'The Lady and the Rogue'. I barely had time to whisper a thank you very much…”

“-Once, Lakis,” Finos continued, “you told me a story based on the myth of Romeo and Juliet, set in a village in Crete. It concerns the feud between two families. This idea excites us, and since we are in a hurry to shoot the second film of the season with Alice and Dimitris, please forget your vacation and start writing the script immediately…”.

[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]