A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence vs On Borrowed Time
On Borrowed Time has the higher audience score (7.5/10 against 6.8/10 for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence). On Borrowed Time is the shorter watch at 1h 39m compared with 1h 40m. On Borrowed Time is the older of the two (1939 against 2014). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
On Borrowed Time| A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence | On Borrowed Time | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 1939 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 39m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Roy Andersson | Harold S. Bucquet |
| Main cast | Holger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom, Viktor Gyllenberg, Lotti Törnros, Jonas Gerholm | James Burke, Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel |
Synopsis
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
An absurdist, surrealistic and shocking pitch-black comedy, which moves freely from nightmare to fantasy to hilariously deadpan humour as it muses on man’s perpetual inhumanity to man.
On Borrowed Time
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra…
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