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Films like Ee.Ma.Yau.

Ee.Ma.Yau (2018) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / comedy, 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.

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead (2018) poster
1. Happy New Year, Colin Burstead2018

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Worst Person in the World (2021) poster
2. The Worst Person in the World2021

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Eeb Allay Ooo! (2019) poster
3. Eeb Allay Ooo!2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Mia Madre (2015) poster
4. Mia Madre2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Greenberg (2010) poster
5. Greenberg2010

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

The Meyerowitz Stories (2017) poster
6. The Meyerowitz Stories2017

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Ankhon Dekhi (2013) poster
7. Ankhon Dekhi2013

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) poster
8. 12:08 East of Bucharest2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Time That Remains (2009) poster
9. The Time That Remains2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the heightened unreality; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Father (2019) poster
10. The Father2019

Keeps the heightened unreality and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The WorstPerson in theWorld — repeat guard2021
11. The Worst Person in the World — repeat guard2021

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006) poster
12. The Postmodern Life of My Aunt2006

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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