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Bigger than life (1982)

Bigger than life poster
Directed by
Vladimir Oravsky
Country
Denmark
Runtime
40 min

How it feels

A teenage girl with a fever believes her life is tied to the last leaf on a vine across the street. Her father, a painter, tries to save her by painting a leaf on the wall, but he falls from his ladder and dies.

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What happens

Bigger than life er en dansk kortfilm fra 1982 instrueret af Vlado Oravsky. En pige i sine tidlige teenageår har feberhallucinationer og mener, at hun kun kan leve, så længe det sidste blad af rådhusvinen, der vokser på den modsatte facade, forbliver. Da det sidste blad blæser af en sen efterårsnat, beslutter hendes far, en maler, at male det direkte på facaden. Han falder fra højttrinnet og dør. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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