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Films like The Spring.

The Spring (1972) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / poetic, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, 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.

White and Black (1978) poster
1. White and Black1978

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

Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) poster
2. Picnic at Hanging Rock1975

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Picnic at Hanging Rock (re-pass) (1975) poster
3. Picnic at Hanging Rock (re-pass)1975

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Round-Up Bull (1971) poster
4. The Round-Up Bull1971

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Csontváry (1980) poster
5. Csontváry1980

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

25 Fireman's Street (1973) poster
6. 25 Fireman's Street1973

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Stranger and the Fog (1976) poster
7. The Stranger and the Fog1976

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Stranger and the Fog (1974) poster
8. Stranger and the Fog1974

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

Benilde or the Virgin Mother (1975) poster
9. Benilde or the Virgin Mother1975

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

Lips of Blood (1975) poster
10. Lips of Blood1975

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Last Wave (1977) poster
11. The Last Wave1977

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

Sadūto Tūto (1974) poster
12. Sadūto Tūto1974

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

These are The Spring’s neighbours — where are yours?

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