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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
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Why this pick
From Evolution’s director, this is another hushed, exquisitely controlled fable of children in an isolated institution, where ritual, bodily unease and dream logic matter more than explanation.
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Why this pick
Its spare dialogue, sealed-off domestic world and unsettling care relationship extend Evolution’s interest in childhood vulnerability, maternal control and tactile, surreal bodily imagery.
03
Why this pick
A child’s fearful perspective turns an idyllic-looking rural landscape into a sun-bleached nightmare, matching Evolution’s blend of innocence, menace and uncanny visual beauty.
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Why this pick
Its austere village setting and young characters surrounded by inscrutable adult cruelty create a similarly chilly, controlled atmosphere of dread and withheld answers.
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Why this pick
This strange, sensual sea-bound fable shares Evolution’s aquatic mythology and body-horror undercurrents, while replacing its near-silence with an audacious musical pulse.
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01 / THE STORY
Nicolas is a sickly young boy living by the sea with his mother. One day while swimming in the sea he thinks he sees the body of a dead boy with a red starfish at his waist. He tells his mother, who goes diving and brings him back the starfish telling him there is no body there.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Stella
