Films like O Auto da Compadecida.

O Auto da Compadecida (2000) reads as Warm, breathless, measured comedy / religious, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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.

Mighty Aphrodite (1995) poster
1. Mighty Aphrodite1995

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Justice, My Foot! (1992) poster
2. Justice, My Foot!1992

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Forbidden City Cop (1996) poster
3. Forbidden City Cop1996

Keeps the running vein of humour — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Liar Liar (1997) (1997) poster
4. Liar Liar1997

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Potiche (2010) poster
5. Potiche2010

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Andaz Apna Apna (1994) poster
6. Andaz Apna Apna1994

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Shanghai Blues (1984) poster
7. Shanghai Blues1984

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies (2006) poster
8. OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies2006

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Shaun of the Dead (2004) poster
9. Shaun of the Dead2004

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hollywood Ending (2002) poster
10. Hollywood Ending2002

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Three Men and a Leg (1997) poster
11. Three Men and a Leg1997

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a heightened unreality.

God of Cookery (1996) poster
12. God of Cookery1996

Keeps the running vein of humour and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are O Auto da Compadecida’s neighbours — where are yours?

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