Abraham's Valley vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Abraham's Valley). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 3h 24m. Abraham's Valley is the older of the two (1993 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Abraham's Valley posterAbraham's Valley1993 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
Abraham's ValleyOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 7.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year19932026
Length3h 24m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorManoel de OliveiraDavid Gleeson
Main castBeatriz Batarda, Laura Soveral, Leonor Silveira, Isabel Ruth, Luís Miguel CintraColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Abraham's Valley

Ema is a very attractive but innocent girl, so pretty that cars crash in her presence. In her youth she marries Dr. Carlos Paiva, her father's friend, to whom she is not attracted. They move to the valley of Abraham. Carlos loves her, but decides to sleep in a separate room to avoid waking Ema when he has to return late at night. As time goes by she begins to feel unhappy about her marriage, so she finds a new lover.

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.

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