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Films like Pasolini.

Pasolini (2014) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, measured history / drama, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, 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.

The Falling (2015) poster
1. The Falling2015

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

Filme do Desassossego (2010) poster
2. Filme do Desassossego2010

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Roads Not Taken (2020) poster
3. The Roads Not Taken2020

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

As I Lay Dying (2013) poster
4. As I Lay Dying2013

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

Sleeping Sickness (2011) poster
5. Sleeping Sickness2011

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

Closed Curtain (2013) poster
6. Closed Curtain2013

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

Frost (Iceland) (2012) poster
7. Frost (Iceland)2012

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

Burning (2018) poster
8. Burning2018

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

Estrada de Palha (2012) poster
9. Estrada de Palha2012

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

Sweet Rush (2009) poster
10. Sweet Rush2009

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

House of Pleasures (2011) poster
11. House of Pleasures2011

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

Shirley (2020) poster
12. Shirley2020

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

These are Pasolini’s neighbours — where are yours?

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