A young woman's struggle to overcome life's economic restrictions in order to meet her true will. She is twenty-three and lives with her mother, a compromise she can no longer stand.

A young woman's struggle to overcome life's economic restrictions in order to meet her true will. She is twenty-three and lives with her mother, a compromise she can no longer stand. Despite her meager economic means, only enough to survive the first two months, she moves out and rents a 45m2 apartment of her own. During these two months of freedom, she explores her true self and approaches a more poetic and liberal culture, for her, a new way of life that slowly unfolds as she rummages through the belongings that the former renter, a guy her age, has left in the apartment.—Stratos Tzitzis

Caught up in a vicious circle of meaningless relationships; shallow friendships; false promises, and unfulfilled aspirations, Christina, an underpaid twenty-three-year-old saleswoman, thirsts to spread her wings. Still living under the same roof with her widowed mother, Christina is eager to become emotionally and financially independent, yearning to rediscover herself and redefine the boundaries of her freedom. And, knowing that there is no time to lose, Christina summons up the courage to rent a cosy, relatively affordable shoebox apartment in the heart of Athens. But, life can be cruel when you are leading a hand-to-mouth existence. How many dreams can one cram in 45 square metres?—Nick Riganas