Rachel and Judith

1827 Rhodes. Two young Jewish women from Rome, on their way to Palestine, are forced to land on the Greek island, full of ambition and hopes. Judith and Rachel have escaped from Rome and a difficult past, longing for redemption and serenity. Their ambition will materialise in the sponge trade, with a success that will inevitably cause rivalry with local competitors. Amidst unscrupulous merchants, fearless adventurers and fierce criminals, an extraordinary humanity full of life and strength unfolds page after page. Against a masterfully reconstructed historical backdrop, unforgettable figures stand out, confronting, challenging, loving and fighting each other, in a whirlwind of instinct and passion whose echoes never fade.

‘The road to freedom is impassable, with no return.

Whoever decides to take it, will not rest until its epilogue.

And no one can guarantee that it will be a happy epilogue’.