5 Broken Cameras vs The Somme

5 Broken Cameras has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 5.7/10 for The Somme). 5 Broken Cameras is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 1h 42m. The Somme is the older of the two (2005 against 2011). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

5 Broken Cameras poster5 Broken Cameras2011 VS The Somme posterThe Somme2005
5 Broken CamerasThe Somme
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 5.7/10
Year20112005
Length1h 30m1h 42m
GenresCrime, Documentary, Drama, WarDocumentary, Drama
CountryFrance–
DirectorEmad Burnat, Guy DavidiCarl Hindmarch
Main castEmad Burnat, Soraya Burnat, Gibreel Burnat, Mohammed Burnat, Yasin BurnatPatrick Kennedy, Tilda Swinton, Martin Hancock, Ed Stoppard, Paul Popplewell

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…

The Somme

Drama-documentary recounting the events of the 1st July 1916 and the Battle of the Somme on the Western Front during the First World War. Told through the letters and journals of soldiers who were there.

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