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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
Hadzihalilovic’s earlier dream-logic fable shares Earwig’s sealed-off childhood world, ceremonial routines, and quietly disquieting imagery, letting unease accumulate with very little explanation.
02
Why this pick
Its isolated coastal enclave, opaque caretaking rituals, and clinical body unease closely echo Earwig’s hushed, entrapping atmosphere and refusal to make its mysteries comfortably literal.
03
Why this pick
A handmade nightmare of confinement and unstable domestic space, using metamorphosing visuals and fairy-tale logic to create the same tactile, unsettling sense of childhood vulnerability.
04
Why this pick
Its precisely repeated household rituals, rarefied interiors, and sound-rich artificiality make it a strong fit for Earwig’s controlled, sensuous strangeness—though with a more adult emotional focus.
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Why this pick
This sunlit yet deeply ominous childhood fable turns ordinary routines into dread, pairing stylised period imagery with a child’s fractured, uncanny understanding of the adult world.
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01 / THE STORY
Somewhere in Europe, mid-twentieth century. Albert (50) is employed to look after 10-year-old Mia. His most important task is to see to her ice dentures, which must be changed several times a day. They live alone in a large apartment: the shutters are always drawn, Mia never leaves and day follows day in an unchanging ritual. Every week, the telephone rings and a male voice questions Albert about the girl’s wellbeing. Every week Albert responds with the same answers until one day the voice tells Albert he’ll have to bring the girl to Paris. Devastated, Alberts world slowly unravels around him.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Laurence
Albert
jeune Albert
Mia