Chicken with Plums vs My Week with Maisy
My Week with Maisy has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Chicken with Plums). My Week with Maisy is the shorter watch at 18m compared with 1h 32m. Chicken with Plums is the older of the two (2011 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Chicken with Plums
My Week with Maisy| Chicken with Plums | My Week with Maisy | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 18m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud | Mika Simmons |
| Main cast | Chiara Mastroianni, Didier Flamand, Golshifteh Farahani, Isabella Rossellini, Mathieu Amalric | MyAnna Buring, Joanna Lumley, Poppy Gilbert, Ellie-Mae Siame, Adrian Christopher |
Synopsis
Chicken with Plums
Since his beloved violin was broken, Nasser-Ali Khan, one of the most renowned musicians of his day, has lost all taste for life. Finding no instrument worthy of replacing it, he decides to confine himself to bed to await death.
My Week with Maisy
Mrs Foster, a retired lady whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is understandably anxious. The last thing she needs, is to have to share the treatment room with a 'know it all child' who wants to grow up to be a lesbian. But through their unexpected friendship, Maisy Jones gives Mrs Foster much more than just a glimmer of hope.
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