5 Broken Cameras vs Detainment

5 Broken Cameras has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.7/10 for Detainment). Detainment is the shorter watch at 30m compared with 1h 30m. 5 Broken Cameras is the older of the two (2011 against 2018). Both are crime, documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

5 Broken Cameras poster5 Broken Cameras2011 VS Detainment posterDetainment2018
5 Broken CamerasDetainment
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 6.7/10
Year20112018
Length1h 30m30m
GenresCrime, Documentary, Drama, WarCrime, Documentary, Drama
CountryFrance–
DirectorEmad Burnat, Guy DavidiVincent Lambe
Main castEmad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Gibreel Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin BurnatBrian Fortune, Barbara Adair, Morgan C. Jones, Will O'Connell, Ely Solan

Synopsis

5 Broken Cameras

Five broken cameras – and each one has a powerful tale to tell. Embedded in the bullet-ridden remains of digital technology is the story of Emad Burnat, a farmer from the Palestinian village of Bil’in, which famously chose nonviolent resistance when the Israeli army encroached upon its land to make room for Jewish colonists. Emad buys his first camera in 2005 to document the birth of his fourth son, Gibreel. Over the course of the film, he…

Detainment

Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.

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