In turn-of-the-century Corfu, a factory worker supporting her children and drunkard husband saves just enough for her daughter's dowry. When her bourgeois suitor demands a larger amount and is refused, the girl runs off with him, but this will not be her final rebellion. Written and directed by a woman, The Price of Love offers a searing picture of women trapped and exploited by the economics of marriage-from which vantage point a factory worker's life, with its unions and promise of equality, looks pretty good. This is more than a message film, though it is that as well. Tonia Marketaki captures a moment in history, with detailed and breathtakingly photographed images of Corfu life, and with music and songs specific to the milieu as sung by the father and his cronies in the tavernas.