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Films like Aujourd'hui.

Aujourd'hui (2012) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / mortality, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

Singing Women (2013) poster
1. Singing Women2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Big Big World (2016) poster
2. Big Big World2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Undertow (2009) poster
3. Undertow2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Bow (2005) poster
4. The Bow2005

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Tey (2012) poster
5. Tey2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Breath (2007) poster
6. Breath2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Wild Field (2008) poster
7. Wild Field2008

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Year Without a Summer (2010) poster
8. Year Without a Summer2010

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Vihir (2009) poster
9. Vihir2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Palermo Shooting (2008) poster
10. Palermo Shooting2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Silent Souls (2010) poster
11. Silent Souls2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Atlantics (2019) poster
12. Atlantics2019

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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