Diary of an African Nun vs Dinner with Friends
Dinner with Friends has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Diary of an African Nun). Diary of an African Nun is the shorter watch at 16m compared with 1h 36m. Diary of an African Nun is the older of the two (1977 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Diary of an African Nun | Dinner with Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1977 | 2025 |
| Length | 16m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Julie Dash | Sasha Leigh Henry |
| Main cast | Barbara O. Jones, Marnita Carraway, Fred Carraway, Donald Carraway Jr., Sherry Madden | Tattiawna Jones, Tymika Tafari, Alex Spencer, Izaak Smith, Andrew Bushell |
Synopsis
Diary of an African Nun
An African nun is consumed by fear and doubt about her decision to take the solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her anguish intensifies night after night as she lies on a hard bed in her small room at the convent and listens to the rhythmic, beckoning drums of her village.
Dinner with Friends
After the parties, jobs, and hook-ups throughout their twenties and into their thirties, eight friends are trying to hold on to their group as they get older and life gets complicated. Over a series of dinners, the group deals with loyalty, loss, and an uncertain future as relationships shift and secrets are unraveled, with each dinner bringing its own dynamic-shifting announcement of reconciliation, unexpected relationships, and betrayal. The…
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