A Dog's Will vs Shanghai Blues
A Dog's Will has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7/10 for Shanghai Blues). Shanghai Blues is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 44m. Shanghai Blues is the older of the two (1984 against 2000). Both are comedy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Dog's Will
Shanghai Blues| A Dog's Will | Shanghai Blues | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1984 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Romance |
| Country | Brazil | – |
| Director | Guel Arraes | Tsui Hark |
| Main cast | Matheus Nachtergaele, Selton Mello, Rogério Cardoso, Denise Fraga, Diogo Vilela | Henry Fong Ping, Shing Fui-On, Kenny Bee, Woo Fung, Sylvia Chang |
Synopsis
A Dog's Will
The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be judged by Christ, the Devil and the Virgin Mary before they are admitted to paradise.
Shanghai Blues
In 1937 Shanghai, a soldier and a young woman have an awkward meet-cute in darkness under a bridge as they seek refuge during a bomb raid. Ten years later, the soldier, now a burgeoning songwriter and tuba-player in a marching band, is back in town desperately searching for his would-be soulmate. As fate would have it they end up living in the same building unbeknownst to each other. Through a series of mishaps, he mistakes her new ingénue…
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