A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence vs SPEC: Zero

SPEC: Zero has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.8/10 for A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence). A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 18m. SPEC: Zero is the older of the two (2013 against 2014). Both are comedy, drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence posterA Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence2014 VS SPEC: Zero posterSPEC: Zero2013
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on ExistenceSPEC: Zero
Audience score★ 6.8/10★ 7.9/10
Year20142013
Length1h 40m2h 18m
GenresComedy, Drama, FantasyComedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, TV Movie
CountryFranceJapan
DirectorRoy AnderssonYukihiko Tsutsumi
Main castHolger Andersson, Nisse Vestblom, Viktor Gyllenberg, Lotti Törnros, Jonas GerholmRen Osugi, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Erika Toda, Tetsushi Tanaka, Ryo Kase

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.

SPEC: Zero

High school student Saya Toma lost her parents and younger brother in an airplane accident. Detective Akio Kondo came and told her "your family has a high possibility that they were killed by people who have spec." That was the first time she heard of "spec". 6 years later, Saya Toma, who has never forgotten what the Detective said, decides to become a detective. She returns to Japan after receiving training by the FBI in the United States…

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