If you loved Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, try From the East

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. From the East has roughly 12.8× fewer votes than Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

1976 · dir. Chantal Akerman

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From the East

1993 · dir. Chantal Akerman

What they share

Both films are directed by Chantal Akerman, and they both carry the slow burn mood tag. If that's the register that drew you to Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What From the East is

Chilly Berlin Station to Moscow in 1993 meets road movie without the road. A camera tracks through half-empty streets and cramped kitchens as pensioners reheat soup and shopkeepers count dwindling cash. Films the quiet collapse of empire frame by frame.

If you loved Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, try From the East

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

From the East

What they share

What From the East is

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