Three minutes of longing that'll wreck your entire afternoon.
Based on a poem by Rumi, tells of the silent love of a young man for an unknowing girl.
Direction
Kouba turns silence into its own language.
Cinematography
Every frame aches with restraint.
Director
Robert Kouba
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rumi's original poem frames falling as spiritual surrender—the film literalizes this with a devastating physical choice.
Jamie Campbell Bower filmed this between Mortal Instruments and Twilight—his face built for tragic longing.
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