A Bittersweet Life vs Sin Nombre
Sin Nombre has the higher audience score (7.6/10 against 7.4/10 for A Bittersweet Life). Sin Nombre is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 1h 59m. A Bittersweet Life is the older of the two (2005 against 2009). Both are action, crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Bittersweet Life
Sin Nombre| A Bittersweet Life | Sin Nombre | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 59m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Action, Crime, Drama | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Kim Jee-woon | Cary Joji Fukunaga |
| Main cast | Kim Yeong-cheol, Lee Ki-young, Lee Byung-hun, Kim Roi-ha, Hwang Jung-min | Gerardo Taracena, Paulina Gaitán, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Noé Hernández, Harold Torres |
Synopsis
A Bittersweet Life
Kim Sun-woo is an enforcer and manager for a hotel owned by a cold, calculative crime boss, Kang who assigns Sun-woo to a simple errand while he is away on a business trip; to shadow his young mistress, Hee-soo, for fear that she may be cheating on him with a younger man with the mandate that he must kill them both if he discovers their affair.
Sin Nombre
Sayra, a Honduran teen, hungers for a better life. Her chance for one comes when she is reunited with her long-estranged father, who intends to emigrate to Mexico and then enter the United States. Sayra's life collides with a pair of Mexican gangmembers who have boarded the same American-bound train.
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