A 16-minute fever dream where pink hair is the only color in a grey Athens summer.
It's summertime in Athens and everything seems grey except for the fuchsia pink hair of lovestruck 15-year-old Elsa.
Cinematography
The fuchsia against concrete grey—color as emotional language.
Acting
Anna Kladi's silent longing could level buildings.
Director
Natassa Xydi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Greece's economic crisis, the film uses Athens' hollowed-out tourist districts as metaphor for transactional relationships.
Xydi based Elsa on girls she observed at beaches—performing maturity for foreign men while remaining children. The pink hair was inspired by a real teenager she photographed.
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