Films like Profound Desires of the Gods.

Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / japanese, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold. 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 Man Without a Map (1968) poster
1. The Man Without a Map1968

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

Soleil Ô (1970) poster
2. Soleil Ô1970

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

My Life to Live (1962) poster
3. My Life to Live1962

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

Every Man for Himself (1980) poster
4. Every Man for Himself1980

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

Ana and the Wolves (1973) poster
5. Ana and the Wolves1973

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

Viridiana (1961) poster
6. Viridiana1961

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

Entranced Earth (1967) poster
7. Entranced Earth1967

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

The Conspirators (1972) poster
8. The Conspirators1972

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

The Ceremony (1971) poster
9. The Ceremony1971

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

The War Is Over (1966) poster
10. The War Is Over1966

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

Calcutta 71 (1972) poster
11. Calcutta 711972

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

The Rite (1969) poster
12. The Rite1969

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

These are Profound Desires of the Gods’s neighbours — where are yours?

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