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Karkalou

1984 · 85 min

A slow, dreamlike journey through memory and desire, blending melancholy and oddity in a way that lingers.

Overview
An old man, cut off from his future and his past, brings a young taxi driver into his game. The two meet Karkalou, a crazy prostitute, whom the former once loved madly and the latter will soon love.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • memory
  • love
  • isolation
  • obsession
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism4
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
adventure, drama, fantasy
Directed by
Stavros Tornes
Written by
Charlotte Van Gelder, Stavros Tornes
Starring
Ismini Kariotaki, Stelios Anastasiadis, Marios Karamanis, Yannis Iliopoulos, Leon Maniatis, Vassilis Loules, Hristos Markopoulos, Eleni Maniati
Runtime
85 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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