FilmsBreathLike this

Films like Breath.

Breath (2007) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / auteur, 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.

The Bow (2005) poster
1. The Bow2005

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

The Collectress (2008) poster
2. The Collectress2008

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

Wild Field (2008) poster
3. Wild Field2008

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

Our Mother (2006) poster
4. Our Mother2006

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

Quitting (2001) poster
5. Quitting2001

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

Whispering Sands (2001) poster
6. Whispering Sands2001

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

The Dark Deer (2006) poster
7. The Dark Deer2006

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

Imani (2010) poster
8. Imani2010

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

Forest of Echoes (2012) poster
9. Forest of Echoes2012

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

Two Drifters (2005) poster
10. Two Drifters2005

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

Birdcage Inn (1998) poster
11. Birdcage Inn1998

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

Dolls (2002) poster
12. Dolls2002

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

These are Breath’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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