If you loved River Returns, try Farewell to the Ark
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
Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Drama / Fantasy territory. If that's the register that drew you to River Returns, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
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What Farewell to the Ark is
Fellini's Roma without the Eternal City. A remote village empties as its denizens seek lives elsewhere, leaving behind two cousins in love and a host of fading customs. Terayama's vision is singular, a phantasmagoric rendering of cultural dissipation.

