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Films like Broken Mirrors.

Broken Mirrors (1984) reads as Heavy, steady, extreme drama / feminist, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, 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.

Karnal (1983) poster
1. Karnal1983

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

A Question of Silence (1982) poster
2. A Question of Silence1982

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

The Crime of Cuenca (1980) poster
3. The Crime of Cuenca1980

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

Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game (1986) poster
4. Plumbum, or The Dangerous Game1986

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

Cain and Abel (1982) poster
5. Cain and Abel1982

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Violette Nozière (1978) poster
6. Violette Nozière1978

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

Beatrice (1987) poster
7. Beatrice1987

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

Scorpio Nights (1985) poster
8. Scorpio Nights1985

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Triumphal March (1976) poster
9. Triumphal March1976

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

Parangelia (1980) poster
10. Parangelia1980

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Dead Mother (1993) poster
11. The Dead Mother1993

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

Streamers (1983) poster
12. Streamers1983

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

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