Assa vs Sing Street
Sing Street has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.8/10 for Assa). Sing Street is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 2h 33m. Assa is the older of the two (1987 against 2016). Both are drama, music, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Assa
Sing Street| Assa | Sing Street | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 1987 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 33m | 1h 45m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Sergey Solovyov | John Carney |
| Main cast | Aleksandr Bashirov, Sergei Bugayev, Tatyana Drubich, Stanislav Govorukhin, Alexandr Domogarov | Aidan Gillen, Mark McKenna, Lucy Boynton, Jack Reynor, Maria Doyle Kennedy |
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.
Sing Street
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
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