A Sad and Beautiful World vs Book Club
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.2/10 for Book Club). Book Club is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 1h 50m. Book Club is the older of the two (2018 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| A Sad and Beautiful World | Book Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 44m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Lebanon | – |
| Director | Cyril Aris | Bill Holderman |
| Main cast | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam | Mary Steenburgen, Don Johnson, Candice Bergen, Ed Begley Jr., Richard Dreyfuss |
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.
Book Club
Four lifelong friends decide that their lives could change by becoming nasty and reading Fifty Shades of Grey in their monthly book club to get inspiration on how to handle sexual pleasure at an elderly age.
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