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Films like The Peddler.

The Peddler (1987) reads as Sombre, measured, measured drama / iranian, 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.

Beijing Bastards (1993) poster
1. Beijing Bastards1993

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

The Photograph (1986) poster
2. The Photograph1986

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

Drifting (1983) poster
3. Drifting1983

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

Betty (1992) poster
4. Betty1992

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

Rainy Dog (1997) poster
5. Rainy Dog1997

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

Variation (1983) poster
6. Variation1983

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

I Don't Kiss (1991) poster
7. I Don't Kiss1991

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

Here on Earth (1993) poster
8. Here on Earth1993

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

September (1987) poster
9. September1987

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

The Rebellion (1993) poster
10. The Rebellion1993

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

Vincent & Theo (1990) poster
11. Vincent & Theo1990

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

The Cycle (1978) poster
12. The Cycle1978

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

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