Films like Jacky in the Kingdom of Women.

Jacky in the Kingdom of Women (2014) reads as Neutral, kinetic, gentle comedy / parody, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold. 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.

Italiano medio (2015) poster
1. Italiano medio2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) poster
2. The Men Who Stare at Goats2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

South Park: Post COVID (2021) poster
3. South Park: Post COVID2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

En même temps (2022) poster
4. En même temps2022

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012) poster
5. A Fantastic Fear of Everything2012

Keeps the chilly detachment and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Jiminy Glick in Lalawood (2005) poster
6. Jiminy Glick in Lalawood2005

Keeps the gentle temperature and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Jews (2016) poster
7. The Jews2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

La solita commedia: Inferno (2015) poster
8. La solita commedia: Inferno2015

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Sex and Death 101 (2007) poster
9. Sex and Death 1012007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Abracadabra (2017) poster
10. Abracadabra2017

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the chilly detachment — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Struggle for Life (2016) poster
11. Struggle for Life2016

Keeps the gentle temperature and the chilly detachment; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

On Our Watch (2021) poster
12. On Our Watch2021

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the gentle temperature; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

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