A Very Long Engagement vs In the Land of Blood and Honey

A Very Long Engagement has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 5.8/10 for In the Land of Blood and Honey). In the Land of Blood and Honey is the shorter watch at 2h 7m compared with 2h 13m. A Very Long Engagement is the older of the two (2004 against 2011). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Very Long Engagement posterA Very Long Engagement2004 VS In the Land of Blood and Honey posterIn the Land of Blood and Honey2011
A Very Long EngagementIn the Land of Blood and Honey
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 5.8/10
Year20042011
Length2h 13m2h 7m
GenresDrama, Romance, WarDrama, Romance, War
Country––
DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetAngelina Jolie
Main castJodie Foster, Denis Lavant, Marion Cotillard, Audrey Tautou, Ticky HolgadoRade Šerbedžija, Goran Kostić, Branko Đurić, Zana Marjanović, Džana Pinjo

Synopsis

A Very Long Engagement

Young Frenchwoman Mathilde searches for the truth about her missing fiancé, lost during World War I, and learns many unexpected things along the way. The love of her life is gone. But she refuses to believe he's gone forever — and she needs to know for sure.

In the Land of Blood and Honey

During the Bosnian War, Danijel, a soldier fighting for the Serbs, re-encounters Ajla, a Bosnian who's now a captive in his camp he oversees. Their once promising connection has become ambiguous as their motives have changed.

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