Anna Karenina vs Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Anna Karenina). Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 10m. Anna Karenina is the older of the two (2012 against 2019). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Anna Karenina posterAnna Karenina2012 VS Portrait of a Lady on Fire posterPortrait of a Lady on Fire2019
Anna KareninaPortrait of a Lady on Fire
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 8.1/10
Year20122019
Length2h 10m2h 1m
GenresDrama, History, RomanceDrama, History, Romance
Country––
DirectorJoe WrightCéline Sciamma
Main castKelly Macdonald, Michelle Dockery, Jude Law, Keira Knightley, Matthew MacfadyenValeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami

Synopsis

Anna Karenina

In Imperial Russia, Anna, the wife of the officer Karenin, goes to Moscow to visit her brother. On the way, she meets the charming cavalry officer Vronsky to whom she is immediately attracted. But in St. Petersburg’s high society, a relationship like this could destroy a woman’s reputation.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

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