Tenderness

Synopsis

Archival footage of Soviet Greco-Roman wrestling shows bodies originally subjected to discipline, strength and hierarchy. Slow motion, editing and the slit-scan technique dismantle the logic of confrontation, turning the struggle into a strange, sensual dance in which physical contact becomes a gesture of intimacy.

About the Director

Milo Masoničić is a writer and filmmaker, born in 1994 in Podgorica, Montenegro. He graduated in Dramaturgy from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts Cetinje. He lives and works in Podgorica. He has published two novels, Hammer (2012) and End of Shift (2019). He made his first experimental film, Grandparents, in 2018.