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Films like Riddance.

Riddance (1973) reads as Sombre, steady, measured hungarian / feminist, 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.

Binding Sentiments (1969) poster
1. Binding Sentiments1969

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

Hymn to a Tired Man (1968) poster
2. Hymn to a Tired Man1968

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

I Wish to Speak (1975) poster
3. I Wish to Speak1975

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

Sunday Bloody Sunday (1971) poster
4. Sunday Bloody Sunday1971

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

27 Down (1974) poster
5. 27 Down1974

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

Weighed but Found Wanting (1974) poster
6. Weighed but Found Wanting1974

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

Curriculum Vitae (1975) poster
7. Curriculum Vitae1975

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

The Second Awakening of Christa Klages (1978) poster
8. The Second Awakening of Christa Klages1978

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

The Conductor (1980) poster
9. The Conductor1980

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

The Touch (1971) poster
10. The Touch1971

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

The Theme (1979) poster
11. The Theme1979

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

Workers '71 (1972) poster
12. Workers '711972

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

These are Riddance’s neighbours — where are yours?

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