Afire vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 6.8/10 for Afire). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 43m. Afire is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Afire
What We Wanted to Be| Afire | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Christian Petzold | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Paula Beer, Thomas Schubert, Enno Trebs, Langston Uibel, Matthias Brandt | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
Afire
Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
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