Listen Up Philip
Why this pick
Like The Lost Daughter, it studies a fiercely self-protective, difficult protagonist with unnerving intimacy, using literary sharpness and emotional abrasion rather than easy judgment.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
Why this pick
Like The Lost Daughter, it studies a fiercely self-protective, difficult protagonist with unnerving intimacy, using literary sharpness and emotional abrasion rather than easy judgment.
Why this pick
Its claustrophobic holiday setting and volatile female friendship sustain the same unsettling psychological pressure and close attention to behavior beneath polite surfaces.
Why this pick
A restrained, observational drama about self-deception and memory, with the same cool visual precision and willingness to let uncomfortable emotional contradictions remain unresolved.
Why this pick
Joanna Hogg turns maternal intimacy, guilt, and buried recollection into a hushed Gothic chamber piece—similarly patient, ambiguous, and quietly disquieting.
Why this pick
Its raw, compassionate focus on a woman resisting suffocating expectations shares Gyllenhaal’s interest in maternal ambivalence and behavior that is messy without being reduced to a diagnosis.
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01 / THE STORY
A woman’s beach vacation takes a dark turn when her obsession with a young mother forces her to confront the secrets of her past.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Leda

Nina

Profesor Hardy

Leda (young)

Will

Toni

Lyle

Callie