A Friend of Mine vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.2/10 for A Friend of Mine). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. A Friend of Mine is the older of the two (2011 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Friend of Mine
Hair of the Bear| A Friend of Mine | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Mart Kivastik | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Markus Luik, Merle Jääger, Raivo Adlas, Tõnu Oja, Aarne Üksküla | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
A Friend of Mine
Mati, a 70-year-old bibliophile, cannot cope with his wife's death. As loneliness and indifference overrun his thoughts, he contemplates suicide until he meets a younger man who sparks his interest in life.
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
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