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Films like Ploy.

Ploy (2007) reads as Neutral, measured, measured drama / thai, 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.

You Am I (2006) poster
1. You Am I2006

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Sermon to the Birds (2009) poster
2. Sermon to the Birds2009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

10 to 11 (2009) poster
3. 10 to 112009

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Vogelfrei (2007) poster
4. Vogelfrei2007

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Aquarium (2008) poster
5. The Aquarium2008

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

Hi-So (2010) poster
6. Hi-So2010

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

Heliopolis (2009) poster
7. Heliopolis2009

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the bone-dry seriousness; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

The Supplement (2002) poster
8. The Supplement2002

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

Conversations with Other Women (2006) poster
9. Conversations with Other Women2006

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

The Dark Deer (2006) poster
10. The Dark Deer2006

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Southern District (2009) poster
11. Southern District2009

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Atambua 39 Degrees Celsius (2012) poster
12. Atambua 39 Degrees Celsius2012

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

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