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Tenderness

2008 · 105 min

A quiet, emotionally charged character study that slowly draws you into two lonely lives, building to a raw and unsettling confrontation.

Directed by: Panagiotis Karamitsos
Genres: Drama
Starring: Raschmie Soukouli, Alexandra Pavlidou, Angela El-Zeind

Overview: Two women in neighboring apartments live very different and at the same time very similar lives. The young student Klairi and the middle-aged Danai, seek in each other's company a means to escape their anxieties. At first they're just using each other but eventually they are challenged through a dark and dramatic climax to really open up and come truly close.

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Directed by: Panagiotis Karamitsos
Genres: Drama
Starring: Raschmie Soukouli, Alexandra Pavlidou, Angela El-Zeind

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: isolation
identity
friendship
grief
healing
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Panagiotis Karamitsos
Written by: Marios Tsagaris
Starring: Raschmie Soukouli, Alexandra Pavlidou, Angela El-Zeind, Georgina Tatsi, Leonidas Kakouris, Bessy Malfa
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Greece
Languages: Greek

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