# animate! › Films › Sweet Salt by Katerina Athanasopoulou › synopses

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Discovery terms: 2000s animation, cut-out animation, live action and animation, digital compositing, obsession, love, loneliness, dark fairy tale, filmmaker, animation artist

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**Sweet Salt** a film by Katerina Athanasopoulou

2005, 6 min 02 sec

### animate! synopsis

A love story of obsession and sharp teeth between a woman left behind in a fairy tale gone wrong and a merman trapped in a reality that drowns him.

### one sentence synopsis

Hungry woman, thirsty man; A love story of obsession and sharp teeth.

### short synopsis

A love story of obsession and sharp teeth, between a woman lost in a fairy tale gone wrong and a merman trapped in a reality that drowns him.

### long synopsis

Beneath the fairy tale forest lives a merman who loves his loneliness. Above him is a little girl lost, an unsuspecting saviour filling his bathtub with the sea of her tears. When his haven breaks he finds his way to her garden, a reluctant hero born out of desperation.

Their worlds collide… Dying from dehydration he seeks her tears only to be confronted by her longing his touch. She, the hunter; He, the trembling little fish.

**Sweet Salt** film, stills and other materials © Katerina Athanasopoulou 2005