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Painted sun

1996–1997 · 1 season

A quiet, tender slow-burn about two lonely souls finding warmth in each other, tinged with sadness and the ache of family betrayal.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Olga and Stefos, two seemingly mismatched people, since she is a writer and he is a taxi driver and an old, as well as unlucky in his life actor, are plundered by their families. Abandoned by their own one Christmas, drowned by the feeling of a torturous loneliness, they meet. A customer in his taxi, she asks him to set off without a destination. They arrive at the sea. They see a tavern, she asks him to accompany her and have a drink together. Thus begins their story. They lean on each other. They feel alive again, they feel full, young. But the plunderers are lurking. They will learn, they will slander and they will demand their gains again. In vain. Olga and Stefos, have caught the sun of their lives and will not leave it anymore. It is in his west, but it is theirs.
How it feels
Melancholic, warm, romantic and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Loneliness, love, family, isolation
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance7
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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