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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
01
Why this pick
A clear spiritual companion: a recovering addict spends one fragile day moving through a city, reconnecting with old acquaintances as existential despair and fleeting possibility quietly contend.
02
Why this pick
Its measured, intimate journey with a suicidal man shares Malle’s grave compassion, using conversations with strangers and open space to search for a reason to continue.
03
Why this pick
Kaurismäki offers the same pared-back observation of a man cut off from life, but lets deadpan encounters, modest kindness and a stark urban landscape make room for renewal.
04
Why this pick
For the film’s alienated drift and minimalist emotional distance, this follows an isolated musician through hushed, elliptical days with similarly mournful visual restraint.
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Why this pick
A meticulously composed portrait of a man planning to end his life, balancing stylised beauty with acute loneliness and the small, unexpected human contacts that disrupt despair.
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01 / THE STORY
Alain Leroy, a recovering alcoholic at a rehabilitation clinic in Versailles (city), suffers from depression. He intends to commit suicide, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris one final time, trying to find a reason to live.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
D'Averseau
Dubourg
Eva
Mademoiselle Farnoux
Dr. La Barbinais
Moraine
Urcel
Cyrille Lavaud
