A Very Long Engagement vs In This Corner of the World
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for A Very Long Engagement). In This Corner of the World is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 13m. A Very Long Engagement is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Very Long Engagement
In This Corner of the World| A Very Long Engagement | In This Corner of the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 13m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, War | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Jean-Pierre Jeunet | Sunao Katabuchi |
| Main cast | Jodie Foster, Denis Lavant, Marion Cotillard, Audrey Tautou, Ticky Holgado | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba |
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 This Corner of the World
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
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