Beasts Clawing at Straws vs Maigret and the Dead Lover
Beasts Clawing at Straws has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6/10 for Maigret and the Dead Lover). Maigret and the Dead Lover is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 48m. Beasts Clawing at Straws is the older of the two (2020 against 2026). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beasts Clawing at Straws
Maigret and the Dead Lover| Beasts Clawing at Straws | Maigret and the Dead Lover | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 20m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | South Korea | – |
| Director | Kim Yong-hoon | Pascal Bonitzer |
| Main cast | Bae Sung-woo, Youn Yuh-jung, Jeong Man-sik, Kim Jun-han, Park Ji-hwan | Julia Faure, Dominique Reymond, Jeremy Lewin, Irène Jacob, Denis Podalydès |
Synopsis
Beasts Clawing at Straws
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Maigret and the Dead Lover
Commissioner Maigret rushes to the Quai d’Orsay with Lieutenant Janvier. There, they find Mademoiselle Larrieu in a state of shock. That very morning, she discovered the bullet-riddled body of Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador whom she had served as a housekeeper for 46 years. While searching the victim's apartment, Maigret and Janvier uncover hundreds of letters. The diplomat had maintained a fifty-year-long love correspondence…
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