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Films like Mother.

Mother (1986) reads as Sombre, steady, measured drama / family, 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.

Ijaazat (1987) poster
1. Ijaazat1987

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

Dreams of Hind and Camelia (1988) poster
2. Dreams of Hind and Camelia1988

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

Paroma (1984) poster
3. Paroma1984

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

Stolen Children (1992) poster
4. Stolen Children1992

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Zan Boko (1988) poster
5. Zan Boko1988

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

Butterfly and Flowers (1985) poster
6. Butterfly and Flowers1985

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Muhsin Bey (1987) poster
7. Muhsin Bey1987

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Behind the Mosquito Net (1982) poster
8. Behind the Mosquito Net1982

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the bone-dry seriousness — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Blue-Veiled (1995) poster
9. The Blue-Veiled1995

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

Sagara Sangamam (1983) poster
10. Sagara Sangamam1983

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

To Begin Again (1982) poster
11. To Begin Again1982

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

The Two of Them (1977) poster
12. The Two of Them1977

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

These are Mother’s neighbours — where are yours?

Rate five posters and the same twelve axes read you — then tonight’s pick comes from your own centre of taste.

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