Starring ahauntingCasey AffleckandRooney Mara.

Much likeA Ghost Story,Synecdoche, New Yorkmay not be fit for everyone’s taste.

It’s also an undeniably visually alluring movie that fully immerses viewers in its existentialist narrative.

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The titular character is believably brought to life byTakashi Shimura.

Ikirureinforces how universal films are, no matter in which language they are filmed.

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A ghost in ‘Ghost Story’

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Samantha Morton and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Synecdoche, New York looking at the sky.

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David Lee Smith as john oldman in The Man from Earth

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Hamayoun Ershadi as Mr. Badii looking into the distance in Taste of Cherry

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Jean-Louis Trintignant holding Emmanuelle Riva’s face in ‘Amour’

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A woman looking at a broken mirror while surrounded by a crowd in the film Cléo From 5 to 7.

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Mr. O’Brien and young Jack walking in a suburban street in ‘The Tree of Life’

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Kirsten Dunst, Alexander Skarsgård, and Charlotte Gainsbourg in ‘Melancholia’

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An elderly man in a park’s swings under the snow

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Death stands on a picturesque beach in The Seventh Seal

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