A Sad and Beautiful World vs Afire
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.8/10 for Afire). Afire is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 1h 50m. Afire is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Sad and Beautiful World
Afire| A Sad and Beautiful World | Afire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Lebanon | – |
| Director | Cyril Aris | Christian Petzold |
| Main cast | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam | Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert, Enno Trebs, Langston Uibel, Matthias Brandt |
Synopsis
A Sad and Beautiful World
In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.
Afire
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.
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