If you loved The Spanish Apartment, try Family Resemblances

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Family Resemblances has roughly 3.9× fewer votes than The Spanish Apartment — 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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The Spanish Apartment

2002 · dir. Cédric Klapisch

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Family Resemblances

1996 · dir. Cédric Klapisch

What they share

Both films are directed by Cédric Klapisch, and they both carry the bittersweet, playful, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Spanish Apartment, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What Family Resemblances is

Apparently dinner with the family is a recipe for disaster. An upper middle class French family gathers for a birthday meal. It turns out they can argue over anything.

If you loved The Spanish Apartment, try Family Resemblances

The Spanish Apartment

Family Resemblances

What they share

What Family Resemblances is

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