Children of the Night vs Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 5.5/10 for Children of the Night). Children of the Night is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 8m. Mississippi Burning is the older of the two (1988 against 2016). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Children of the Night | Mississippi Burning | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.5/10 | ★ 7.7/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 1988 |
| Length | 1h 30m | 2h 8m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Andrea De Sica | Alan Parker |
| Main cast | Marco Boriero, Fabrizio Rongione, Vincenzo Crea, Ludovico Succio, Yuliia Sobol | Brad Dourif, Kevin Dunn, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Willem Dafoe, Stephen Tobolowsky |
Synopsis
Children of the Night
Somewhere in the bleak Italian Alps is an isolated boarding school for troubled boys of the ultra privileged. 17-year old Giulio is sent there by his mother and finds himself instantly at odds with both his peers and the staff until the arrival of the eccentric Eduordo. The pair bond over their mutual desire for escape, which they eventually do, and run away to a nightclub in the middle of the woods. There they meet Elena, a young prostitute…
Mississippi Burning
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
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