Assa vs Revanche
Revanche has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.8/10 for Assa). Revanche is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 33m. Assa is the older of the two (1987 against 2008). Both are crime, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Assa
Revanche| Assa | Revanche | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2008 |
| Length | 2h 33m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Music, Romance | Crime, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Sergey Solovyov | Götz Spielmann |
| Main cast | Aleksandr Bashirov, Sergei Bugayev, Tatyana Drubich, Stanislav Govorukhin, Alexandr Domogarov | Johannes Zeiler, Johannes Krisch, Hanno Pöschl, Johannes Thanheiser, Irina Potapenko |
Synopsis
Assa
ASSA is set in Crimea during the winter in the mid eighties. A young musician (Bananan) falls for mobster's (Krymov) young mistress (Alika). The parallel story line involves an 18th century assassination plot.
Revanche
In a ragged section of Vienna, hardened ex-con Alex works in a brothel, where he falls for Ukrainian sex worker Tamara. Their desperate plans for escape unexpectedly intersect with the lives of a rural cop and his seemingly content wife, leading to acts of vengeance and redemption.