Cry Me a River vs Where the Wind Blows
Where the Wind Blows has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6/10 for Cry Me a River). Cry Me a River is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 30m. Cry Me a River is the older of the two (2008 against 2025). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Cry Me a River
Where the Wind Blows| Cry Me a River | Where the Wind Blows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 9.0/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2025 |
| Length | 19m | 1h 30m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Romance, Western |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jia Zhangke | John Schimke |
| Main cast | Guo Xiaodong, Zhao Tao, Wang Hongwei, Hao Lei | Michelle Hurd, Lochlyn Munro, Gabriel Clark, C. Thomas Howell, Rob Mayes |
Synopsis
Cry Me a River
An ancestral city; through its delicious botanical garden and its branched canals, we observe the clues and traces of its ancient culture. Two couples of men and women, former lovers, meet again one year later. The yesterday's breath of youth is still perceptible in their conversations. Is it still possible for us to love? Does youth really have an end? Like the networks linking the old city, what type of ecological existence does their culture…
Where the Wind Blows
Chase, a rugged cowboy and solitary drifter who closed off his heart long ago—until the day he impulsively does a kindness for a beautiful young woman, and everything changes over the course of three days.
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