Cold Mountain vs Promise at Dawn
Promise at Dawn has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.9/10 for Cold Mountain). Promise at Dawn is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 34m. Cold Mountain is the older of the two (2003 against 2017). Both are history, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cold Mountain
Promise at Dawn| Cold Mountain | Promise at Dawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 34m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Adventure, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Anthony Minghella | Eric Barbier |
| Main cast | Charlie Hunnam, Kathy Baker, Jude Law, Donald Sutherland, Nicole Kidman | Catherine McCormack, Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Arieh Worthalter |
Synopsis
Cold Mountain
In this classic story of love and devotion set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, a wounded Confederate soldier named W.P. Inman deserts his unit and travels across the South, aiming to return to his young wife, Ada, who he left behind to tend their farm. As Inman makes his perilous journey home, Ada struggles to keep their home intact with the assistance of Ruby, a mysterious drifter sent to help her by a kindly neighbor.
Promise at Dawn
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
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