Short film

Fig

2015 · 13 min

A quiet, tender race against time through a harsh landscape, steeped in love and mortality.

Directed by: Nicolas Kolovos
Genres: Drama
Starring: Kostas Laskos, Vivi Petralidou, Katerina Misichroni

Tagline: Fig, Short, Love, Old Age
Overview: Eleni asks for a fig on her deathbed. Her husband Kostas goes to the nearest fig tree to get one. Time is running out and Kostas is old. With a fig in his hand, he struggles through a rugged natural landscape to get home in time and fulfil his wife's last wish.

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Directed by: Nicolas Kolovos
Genres: Drama
Starring: Kostas Laskos, Vivi Petralidou, Katerina Misichroni

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
death
aging
survival
family
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	8

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