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Films like Broken Sky.

Broken Sky (2006) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / romance, inventive 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.

Silent Souls (2010) poster
1. Silent Souls2010

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

A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003) poster
2. A Thousand Clouds of Peace2003

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

Times and Winds (2006) poster
3. Times and Winds2006

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

Found Memories (2011) poster
4. Found Memories2011

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

August Winds (2014) poster
5. August Winds2014

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

Wonderful Town (2007) poster
6. Wonderful Town2007

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

To the Wonder (2012) poster
7. To the Wonder2012

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

Syndromes ofthe Apu2006
8. Syndromes of the Apu2006

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Dolls (Kitano) (2002) poster
9. Dolls (Kitano)2002

Keeps the bone-dry seriousness and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Cocoon (1995) poster
10. Cocoon1995

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

Wild Field (2008) poster
11. Wild Field2008

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

Father and Son (2003) poster
12. Father and Son2003

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

These are Broken Sky’s neighbours — where are yours?

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