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Films like South.

South (1988) reads as Sombre, slow-burn, gentle drama / argentine, 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.

Life on a String (1991) poster
1. Life on a String1991

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

Daughters of the Dust (1991) poster
2. Daughters of the Dust1991

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

Walking, Walking (1983) poster
3. Walking, Walking1983

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

Gang of Four (1989) poster
4. Gang of Four1989

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

The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988) poster
5. The Legend of the Holy Drinker1988

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

Until the End of the World (1991) poster
6. Until the End of the World1991

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

Parade of Planets (1984) poster
7. Parade of Planets1984

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

The Double Life of Véronique (1991) poster
8. The Double Life of Véronique1991

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

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989) poster
9. Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?1989

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

King of the Children (1987) poster
10. King of the Children1987

Keeps the patient, unhurried pace and the cold, bleak undertow; trades toward a heightened unreality.

Russian Ark (2002) poster
11. Russian Ark2002

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

Walls (1990) poster
12. Walls1990

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

These are South’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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