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Films like Departure.

Departure (2016) reads as Sombre, measured, gentle drama / romance, 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.

Late Autumn (2011) poster
1. Late Autumn2011

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

A Promise (2013) poster
2. A Promise2013

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

Lovesong (2017) poster
3. Lovesong2017

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

Manglehorn (2015) poster
4. Manglehorn2015

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

Tigertail (2020) poster
5. Tigertail2020

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

Me & You (2012) poster
6. Me & You2012

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

Leave No Trace (2018) poster
7. Leave No Trace2018

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

Free Fall (2013) poster
8. Free Fall2013

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

Like Crazy (2011) poster
9. Like Crazy2011

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

The Bookshop (2017) poster
10. The Bookshop2017

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

Mademoiselle Chambon (2009) poster
11. Mademoiselle Chambon2009

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

Fiore (2016) poster
12. Fiore2016

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

These are Departure’s neighbours — where are yours?

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