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Downhill

2015 · 14 min

A quiet, sunlit drive that slowly reveals a mother's private turmoil, mixing gentle humour with a tender ache.

Directed by
Stelios Kammitsis
Genres
Family, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Lydia Fotopoulou, Loukianos Moshonas
Overview
On a sunny day in September, she marches down the hill of a Mediterranean island. He is driving down the road with his old car and picks her up. As they drive downhill, the missing pieces of the story unravel, and the news that so much upset her is revealed. One thing is for sure, whatever happened earlier, no one should find out. The story of a mother trying to come to terms with the admission of her son's sexuality in an island community that is taking the first step toward the recognition of same-sex relationships.

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Directed by
Stelios Kammitsis
Genres
Family, Comedy, Drama
Starring
Lydia Fotopoulou, Loukianos Moshonas
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family, comedy, drama
Directed by
Stelios Kammitsis
Written by
Stelios Kammitsis
Starring
Lydia Fotopoulou, Loukianos Moshonas
Cinematography
Thodoros Mihopoulos
Runtime
14 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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