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Films like Heartstone.

Heartstone (2016) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / coming-of-age, 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.

Fill the Void (2012) poster
1. Fill the Void2012

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

And Breathe Normally (2018) poster
2. And Breathe Normally2018

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

Apart Together (2010) poster
3. Apart Together2010

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

Hedi (2016) poster
4. Hedi2016

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

Disobedience (2017) poster
5. Disobedience2017

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

Restoration (2011) poster
6. Restoration2011

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

The Cakemaker (2017) poster
7. The Cakemaker2017

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

In Bloom (2013) poster
8. In Bloom2013

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

Tanna (2015) poster
9. Tanna2015

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

Tenderness (2017) poster
10. Tenderness2017

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

11 Flowers (2011) poster
11. 11 Flowers2011

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

Yol Ayrımı (2017) poster
12. Yol Ayrımı2017

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

These are Heartstone’s neighbours — where are yours?

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