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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
Its child’s-eye view turns a hushed rural home into a realm of private fears, half-understood adult secrets, and haunting imagination, with the same grave, memory-like stillness.
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Why this pick
A daughter’s recollections of an enigmatic father unfold through delicate domestic details, longing, and silence; its restrained visual poetry closely suits Saura’s intimate, unresolved family atmosphere.
03
Why this pick
This Spanish Civil War ghost story shares the perspective of vulnerable children navigating a sealed-off institution where adult cruelty and grief are sensed before they are understood.
04
Why this pick
Its fluid movement among childhood memory, family absence, dreams, and historical unease offers a similarly poetic, subjective approach to the emotional afterlife of a home.
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Why this pick
Quiet observation and an unreliable child-centered perspective build unease from glances, rooms, and things left unspoken, rather than overt shocks.
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01 / THE STORY
Eight-year-old Ana, stoic and quiet approaches her father's bedroom where she hears a woman in bed with her father, confessing her love for him. Descending the stairs, she spies an attractive middle-aged woman, hastily dressing and rushing from the bedroom to the front door of the darkened house. The woman and Ana exchange glances but do not speak. Once the woman has left, Ana enters her father's bedroom and finds the man dead, apparently from a heart attack. As if not really understanding the gravity of the situation, Ana unflappably takes away a half-full glass of milk, which she carries to the kitchen and cleans. In the kitchen, she sees her mother, who chides her for being up so late and sends her off to bed.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Rosa, la criada
Ana a los 8 años
Anselmo, el padre
Nicolás Garontes
La madre de Ana/ Ana adulta
