If you loved A Quiet Passion, try The Deep Blue Sea

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Both films are directed by Terence Davies, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to A Quiet Passion, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Deep Blue Sea is

Love gets complicated when social standing is involved. The wife of a British Judge is caught in a self-destructive love affair with a Royal Air Force pilot. It predictably ends in heartache.

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