Dreaming of Lions vs Kings & Queen
Dreaming of Lions has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7/10 for Kings & Queen). Dreaming of Lions is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 2h 30m. Kings & Queen is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dreaming of Lions
Kings & Queen| Dreaming of Lions | Kings & Queen | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 2h 30m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paolo Marinou-Blanco | Arnaud Desplechin |
| Main cast | Denise Fraga, Joana Ribeiro, Toni Gomila, Roberto Bomtempo, João Nunes Monteiro | Catherine Deneuve, Gilles Cohen, Mathieu Amalric, Andrée Tainsy, Hippolyte Girardot |
Synopsis
Dreaming of Lions
Gilda is terminally ill. Her only wish is to die without pain, and as all her suicide attempts comically fail, she decides to seek professional help.
Kings & Queen
Shortly before her wedding, art gallery director Nora travels from Paris to Grenoble to visit her preteen son, Elias, who is spending time with her aging professor father, Louis, recently diagnosed with terminal cancer. During her stay, she reaches out to her former lover, Ismaël, a viola player and father figure to Elias who has been committed against his will to a mental hospital. Ismaël, however, has his own problems to sort out.
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