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Films like Jota.

Jota (2016) reads as Warm, kinetic, measured dance / documentary, 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.

Flamenco, Flamenco (2010) poster
1. Flamenco, Flamenco2010

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Iberia (2005) poster
2. Iberia2005

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The King of All the World (2021) poster
3. The King of All the World2021

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

Gagarine (2020) poster
4. Gagarine2020

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Guava Island (2019) poster
5. Guava Island2019

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the patient, unhurried pace — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bottle (2010) poster
6. Bottle2010

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Garden of Words (2013) poster
7. The Garden of Words2013

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

Miss Hokusai (2015) poster
8. Miss Hokusai2015

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Peter & the Wolf (2006) poster
9. Peter & the Wolf2006

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

Peter and the Wolf (2006) poster
10. Peter and the Wolf2006

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Modest Heroes (2018) poster
11. Modest Heroes2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Electrick Children (2012) (2012) poster
12. Electrick Children2012

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

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