If you loved Wuthering Heights, try The Affair

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 Yoshishige Yoshida, and they both carry the bittersweet, outsider mood tags, and they sit in Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Wuthering Heights, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Affair is

Oriko’s mother kept dating boys young enough to be her grandkids, so Oriko disowned her—then watched the same script reboot when widowhood hit her own marriage guidebook. Left alone, her mother’s example finally got through. Something like advice you read too late.

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