Broken Flowers vs Love Exposure
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.9/10 for Broken Flowers). Broken Flowers is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 3h 57m. Broken Flowers is the older of the two (2005 against 2009). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Broken Flowers
Love Exposure| Broken Flowers | Love Exposure | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2009 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 3h 57m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | Jim Jarmusch | Sion Sono |
| Main cast | Chris Bauer, Jeffrey Wright, Frances Conroy, Sharon Stone, Chloë Sevigny | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka |
Synopsis
Broken Flowers
Introverted Don Johnston receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates Don to embark on a cross-country search for his past flames seeking answers.
Love Exposure
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
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