Dark Side of Genius vs Foreign Land

Foreign Land has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5.2/10 for Dark Side of Genius). Dark Side of Genius is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 50m. Dark Side of Genius is the older of the two (1994 against 1996). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Dark Side of Genius posterDark Side of Genius1994 VS Foreign Land posterForeign Land1996
Dark Side of GeniusForeign Land
Audience score★ 5.2/10★ 7.2/10
Year19941996
Length1h 27m1h 50m
GenresDrama, Romance, ThrillerDrama, Romance, Thriller
Country–Brazil
DirectorPhedon PapamichaelDaniela Thomas, Walter Salles
Main castPatrick Bauchau, Finola Hughes, Seymour Cassel, Glenn Shadix, Patrick RichwoodTchéky Karyo, Luís Melo, Fernanda Torres, Fernando Alves Pinto, Carlos Santos

Synopsis

Dark Side of Genius

Julian Jons is a talented but troubled young artist. He has just been released from an asylum, where he has spent the last seven years for the murder of Anna, his girlfriend/model. Attempting to start painting again, he is pursued by journalist Jennifer Cole, who is intrigued by this complex, brooding man. Against the backdrop of the modern art world, she begins to dig into the past, fully aware that it holds painful memories for Julian, and…

Foreign Land

During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign land and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.

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