Films like Is It Easy to Be Young?.

Is It Easy to Be Young? (1987) reads as Sombre, steady, measured documentary / latvian, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, 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.

Diary for My Loves (1987) poster
1. Diary for My Loves1987

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

To Live (1994) (1994) poster
2. To Live1994

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mirch Masala (1987) poster
3. Mirch Masala1987

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

Life and Nothing But (1989) poster
4. Life and Nothing But1989

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Diary for My Father and Mother (1990) poster
5. Diary for My Father and Mother1990

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

The Blue Kite (1993) poster
6. The Blue Kite1993

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Au Revoir les Enfants (1987) poster
7. Au Revoir les Enfants1987

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Constellation of Riflemen (1982) poster
8. Constellation of Riflemen1982

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

Manon des Sources (1986) poster
9. Manon des Sources1986

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

Rhapsody in August (1991) poster
10. Rhapsody in August1991

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Ghare Baire (1984) poster
11. Ghare Baire1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Cabra Marcado para Morrer (1984) poster
12. Cabra Marcado para Morrer1984

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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