Dolores Claiborne vs Maigret and the Dead Lover
Dolores Claiborne has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6/10 for Maigret and the Dead Lover). Maigret and the Dead Lover is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 2h 12m. Dolores Claiborne is the older of the two (1995 against 2026). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dolores Claiborne
Maigret and the Dead Lover| Dolores Claiborne | Maigret and the Dead Lover | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 6.0/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2026 |
| Length | 2h 12m | 1h 20m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Taylor Hackford | Pascal Bonitzer |
| Main cast | Jennifer Jason Leigh, Eric Bogosian, Judy Parfitt, Kathy Bates, Christopher Plummer | Julia Faure, Dominique Reymond, Jeremy Lewin, Irène Jacob, Denis Podalydès |
Synopsis
Dolores Claiborne
Dolores Claiborne was accused of killing her abusive husband twenty years ago, but the court's findings were inconclusive and she was allowed to walk free. Now she has been accused of killing her employer, Vera Donovan, and this time there is a witness who can place her at the scene of the crime. Things look bad for Dolores when her daughter Selena, a successful Manhattan magazine writer, returns to cover the story.
Maigret and the Dead Lover
Commissioner Maigret rushes to the Quai d’Orsay with Lieutenant Janvier. There, they find Mademoiselle Larrieu in a state of shock. That very morning, she discovered the bullet-riddled body of Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador whom she had served as a housekeeper for 46 years. While searching the victim's apartment, Maigret and Janvier uncover hundreds of letters. The diplomat had maintained a fifty-year-long love correspondence…
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