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Films like The Umbrella.

The Umbrella (1967) reads as Warm, kinetic, gentle short / silent, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender. 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.

A Woman Is a Woman (1961) poster
1. A Woman Is a Woman1961

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Amarcord (1973) poster
2. Amarcord1973

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

The Boy Friend (1971) poster
3. The Boy Friend1971

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

Playtime (1967) poster
4. Playtime1967

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a patient, unhurried pace.

True Stories (1986) poster
5. True Stories1986

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Harold and Maude (1971) poster
6. Harold and Maude1971

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a stubborn streak of hope.

The Clowns (1970) poster
7. The Clowns1970

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Popeye (1980) poster
8. Popeye1980

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954) poster
9. Illusion Travels by Streetcar1954

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

The Cruise (1970) poster
10. The Cruise1970

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes; trades toward a running vein of humour.

A Slightly Pregnant Man (1973) poster
11. A Slightly Pregnant Man1973

Keeps the intimate, personal stakes and the patient, unhurried pace; trades toward a unmistakable directorial hand.

Mexican Bus Ride (1952) poster
12. Mexican Bus Ride1952

Keeps the unmistakable directorial hand and the intimate, personal stakes — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Umbrella’s neighbours — where are yours?

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