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Films like Manakamana.

Manakamana (2013) reads as Neutral, slow-burn, gentle documentary, inventive 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.

Four Times (Le Quattro Volte) (2010) poster
1. Four Times (Le Quattro Volte)2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

La Libertad (2001) (2001) poster
2. La Libertad2001

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

To the Wonder (2013) poster
3. To the Wonder2013

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

The Four Times (2010) poster
4. The Four Times2010

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Bridges of Time (2018) poster
5. Bridges of Time2018

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006) poster
6. I Don't Want to Sleep Alone2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Peace to Us in Our Dreams (2015) poster
7. Peace to Us in Our Dreams2015

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

Fantasma (2006) poster
8. Fantasma2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Sleep Furiously (2008) poster
9. Sleep Furiously2008

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

People's Park (2012) (2012) poster
10. People's Park2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the unmistakable directorial hand; trades toward a grounded, familiar shape.

Correspondences (2016) poster
11. Correspondences2016

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

In the City of Sylvia (2007) poster
12. In the City of Sylvia2007

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

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