Diagnosis: Dissent vs Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.9/10 for Diagnosis: Dissent). Diagnosis: Dissent is the shorter watch at 1h 58m compared with 2h 1m. Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the older of the two (2019 against 2024). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Diagnosis: Dissent
Portrait of a Lady on Fire| Diagnosis: Dissent | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 58m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | Ukraine | – |
| Director | Denis Tarasov | Céline Sciamma |
| Main cast | Andrii Mostrenko, Yevhen Chernykov, Serhii Kalantai, Kostiantyn Temliak, Nataliia Babenko | Valeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami |
Synopsis
Diagnosis: Dissent
The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years - most of those accused of «anti-Soviet propaganda» were never sent to prison, but to special psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of "slow progressive schizophrenia". Andrii finds himself in a real hell of punitive psychiatry and faces a difficult choice - to cooperate with the KGB and return to his family, or to reveal the truth about…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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