A Sad and Beautiful World vs Volver
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.5/10 for Volver). A Sad and Beautiful World is the shorter watch at 1h 50m compared with 2h 1m. Volver is the older of the two (2006 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Sad and Beautiful World
Volver| A Sad and Beautiful World | Volver | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Lebanon | – |
| Director | Cyril Aris | Pedro Almodóvar |
| Main cast | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam | Carmen Maura, Penélope Cruz, María Alfonsa Rosso, Chus Lampreave, Antonio de la Torre |
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.
Volver
Raimunda, a working-class woman living in Madrid, is dealing with the aftermath of a fire that killed her parents in her native village in La Mancha. Raimunda's life is further complicated when her deceased mother, Irene, returns as a ghost to resolve unfinished family business, including a murder and other buried truths.
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