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Films like Faces Places.

Faces Places (2017) reads as Cosy, measured, gentle documentary, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender. 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.

The Beaches of Agnès (2008) poster
1. The Beaches of Agnès2008

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

Varda by Agnes (2019) poster
2. Varda by Agnes2019

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

Microbe & Gasoline (2015) poster
3. Microbe & Gasoline2015

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the deep human warmth; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) poster
4. Happy-Go-Lucky2008

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

Le Havre (2011) poster
5. Le Havre2011

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

Le Pupille (2022) poster
6. Le Pupille2022

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the deep human warmth; trades toward a gentle temperature.

I Wish (2011) (2011) poster
7. I Wish2011

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

I Wish (2)2011
8. I Wish (2)2011

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

Licorice Pizza (2021) poster
9. Licorice Pizza2021

Keeps the heightened unreality and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Band's Visit (2007) poster
10. The Band's Visit2007

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

We Are the Best! (2013) poster
11. We Are the Best!2013

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

Shithouse (2020) poster
12. Shithouse2020

Keeps the heightened unreality and the deep human warmth; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

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