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Films like The Maias.

The Maias (2014) reads as Sombre, measured, measured queiroz / epic, 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.

Dovlatov (2018) poster
1. Dovlatov2018

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

Laila in Haifa (2020) poster
2. Laila in Haifa2020

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

Selamat Pagi, Malam (2014) poster
3. Selamat Pagi, Malam2014

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

Manto (2018) poster
4. Manto2018

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

The Nothing Factory (2017) poster
5. The Nothing Factory2017

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

Benediction (2021) poster
6. Benediction2021

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

Out Stealing Horses (2019) poster
7. Out Stealing Horses2019

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

Alila (2003) poster
8. Alila2003

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

Leopardi (2014) poster
9. Leopardi2014

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

Listen to Me Marlon (2015) poster
10. Listen to Me Marlon2015

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a intimate, personal stakes.

Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) poster
11. Clouds of Sils Maria2014

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

Our Lady of the Nile (2019) poster
12. Our Lady of the Nile2019

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

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