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Short film

The Kiss

1990 · 3 min

A brief, hypnotic plunge into a child's haunted inner world, where candlelight and distant psalms blur memory and dread.

Directed by
Alexis Bisticas
Overview
The child bends his head over his candle. The island breeze and the psalms of the Good Friday procession cannot exorcise a persistent image…
How it feels
Eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Memory, faith, isolation, identity
Content
No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
Note
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Directed by
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
timeless
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror3
Humour0
Realism6
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
Alexis Bisticas
Written by
Alexis Bisticas
Starring
Dimitris Papaioannou, Stavros Zalmas
Cinematography
Alexis Bisticas
Runtime
3 min
Country
United Kingdom

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