20 Strangers Kissing: Tatia Pilieva's Short Film Is A Gorgeous Experiment

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Will it be awkward? Creepy? Uncomfortable?

That’s a question Tatia Pilieva’s short film First Kiss seeks to answer. The premise is simple: Get 20 complete strangers to passionately kiss. Nothing more.

And the results? Well, they’re surprisingly beautiful… so beautiful almost 2.5 million people have watched the film in just one day.

Artistic Kisses
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The Stolen Kiss (1788)Jean-Honoré FragonardIMAGE: artfinder
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Wee Kiss (20th century)Willie RodgerIMAGE: artfinder
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Kiss VRoy LichtensteinIMAGE: artfinder
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Kiss Kiss Kiss (1966)David InshawIMAGE: artfinder
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Would you kiss your mum?Jess WilsonIMAGE: artfinder
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Kiss (2011)AIKOIMAGE: artfinder
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The Kiss of Judas (19th century)Ary SchefferIMAGE: artfinder
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The Kiss (1889)Auguste RodinIMAGE: artfinder
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The Kiss (1859)Francesco HayezIMAGE: artfinder
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The KissGustave Klimt1907IMAGE: artfinder
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A couple imitates the famous brothers' kiss of GDR leader Honecker and Soviet leader Brezhnev at the so-called East Side Gallery in Berlin, Germany, 10 August 1991.IMAGE: Jan Bauer/DPA/Press Association Images