Beasts of No Nation vs The Pianist
The Pianist has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7.6/10 for Beasts of No Nation). Beasts of No Nation is the shorter watch at 2h 17m compared with 2h 30m. The Pianist is the older of the two (2002 against 2015). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beasts of No Nation
The Pianist| Beasts of No Nation | The Pianist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 8.4/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2002 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 2h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Cary Joji Fukunaga | Roman Polanski |
| Main cast | Nana Mensah, Idris Elba, Jude Akuwudike, Abraham Attah, Emmanuel Nii Adom Quaye | Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Richard Ridings, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman |
Synopsis
Beasts of No Nation
Based on the experiences of Agu, a child fighting in the civil war of an unnamed, fictional West African country. Follows Agu's journey as he's forced to join a group of soldiers. While he fears his commander and many of the men around him, his fledgling childhood has been brutally shattered by the war raging through his country, and he is at first torn between conflicting revulsion and fascination.
The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
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