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Films like Quitting.

Quitting (2001) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / biography, 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.

Whispering Sands (2001) poster
1. Whispering Sands2001

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

Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000) poster
2. Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease2000

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

Imani (2010) poster
3. Imani2010

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

Peixe Lua (2000) poster
4. Peixe Lua2000

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

Breath (2007) poster
5. Breath2007

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

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) poster
6. The Ballad of Jack and Rose2005

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

Leaf on a Pillow (1998) poster
7. Leaf on a Pillow1998

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

Schizo (2004) poster
8. Schizo2004

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

Our Mother (2006) poster
9. Our Mother2006

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

Birdcage Inn (1998) poster
10. Birdcage Inn1998

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

Letter to an Angel (1994) poster
11. Letter to an Angel1994

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

Jogwa (2009) poster
12. Jogwa2009

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

These are Quitting’s neighbours — where are yours?

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