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Acrylic

2017 · 17 min

A tender, dreamlike short that drifts through first love and music toward a quiet sense of healing.

Directed by
Nikos Pastras
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Music
Starring
Daphné Patakia, Kostis Charamountanis, Sissi Rada
Overview
The first sexual experience of a sensitive 16-year-old girl becomes the starting point of an emotional journey towards adulthood and reconciliation through music and its power.

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Directed by
Nikos Pastras
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Music
Starring
Daphné Patakia, Kostis Charamountanis, Sissi Rada
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • music
  • healing
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, music
Directed by
Nikos Pastras
Written by
Nikos Pastras, Alexander Voulgaris
Starring
Daphné Patakia, Kostis Charamountanis, Sissi Rada
Cinematography
Petros Nousias
Runtime
17 min
Country
Greece
Languages
Greek

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