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Films like Ave Maria.

Ave Maria (2015) reads as Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / short, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, 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.

Vicky Donor (2012) poster
1. Vicky Donor2012

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) poster
2. Florence Foster Jenkins2016

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Twenty (2015) poster
3. Twenty2015

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tanu Weds Manu Returns (2015) poster
4. Tanu Weds Manu Returns2015

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Lapland Odyssey (2010) poster
5. Lapland Odyssey2010

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Tanu Weds Manu (2011) poster
6. Tanu Weds Manu2011

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Feels (2017) poster
7. The Feels2017

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Two Lottery Tickets (2016) poster
8. Two Lottery Tickets2016

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Number One (2008) poster
9. Number One2008

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

G.B.F. (2014) poster
10. G.B.F.2014

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Top Five (2014) poster
11. Top Five2014

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Kiki: Love to Love (2016) poster
12. Kiki: Love to Love2016

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are Ave Maria’s neighbours — where are yours?

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