If you loved The Great Passage, try A Madder Red
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. A Madder Red has roughly 4.4× fewer votes than The Great Passage — 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.
What they share
Both films are directed by Yuya Ishii, and they both carry the bittersweet, foreign gem, slow burn, tender mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Great Passage, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What A Madder Red is
Bittersweet family where a widow’s 7-year struggle juggles grief, elder care and a pandemic café. Her bullied son starts to crack under the pressure. A quietly observant chamber piece carried by three generations of stubborn love.
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