If you loved Backwater, try Desert Moon

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 Shinji Aoyama, and they both carry the outsider mood tag, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Backwater, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Desert Moon is

A practicing miser meets his estranged wife in a roadside motel. Their stalled reconciliation collides with a drifter peddling vintage vinyl. A cynical two-step across sun-blasted highways.

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