In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
These foreign films share the same emotional core, themes, and structural feel as Blade Runner. Every one of them has confirmed English subtitles or dubbing.
Both films sit with figuring out who you are, grief, and longing. The world both films live in revolves around corrupt institutions, life under oppression, and family wounds passed down. Both move the same way too, melancholic, haunting, and slow burn.
What ties these together is grief and figuring out who you are. They share the same lens on corrupt institutions, family wounds passed down, and class and money. Same energy: melancholic, bleak, and slow burn.
