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Films like Summer Thefts.

Summer Thefts (1988) reads as Neutral, kinetic, measured nasser-era / childhood, 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.

Up to a Certain Point (1983) poster
1. Up to a Certain Point1983

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

Mr. Karate (1993) poster
2. Mr. Karate1993

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Time Stands Still (1982) poster
3. Time Stands Still1982

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

The Square Yard (1983) poster
4. The Square Yard1983

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Dangerous Minds (1995) poster
5. Dangerous Minds1995

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

Dreams of Hind and Camelia (1988) poster
6. Dreams of Hind and Camelia1988

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

The Shadow Play (1992) poster
7. The Shadow Play1992

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

Faces of Women (1985) poster
8. Faces of Women1985

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

The Extras (1993) poster
9. The Extras1993

Keeps the heightened unreality and the grounded, familiar shape; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Wild Search (1989) poster
10. Wild Search1989

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

Newsfront (1978) poster
11. Newsfront1978

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

Moral (1982) poster
12. Moral1982

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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