Dreaming of Lions vs The English Teacher
Dreaming of Lions has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 5.6/10 for The English Teacher). Dreaming of Lions is the shorter watch at 1h 25m compared with 1h 32m. The English Teacher is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dreaming of Lions
The English Teacher| Dreaming of Lions | The English Teacher | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Paolo Marinou-Blanco | Craig Zisk |
| Main cast | Denise Fraga, Joana Ribeiro, Toni Gomila, Roberto Bomtempo, João Nunes Monteiro | Jessica Hecht, Norbert Leo Butz, Greg Kinnear, Fiona Shaw, Nathan Lane |
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.
The English Teacher
Small-town Pennsylvania schoolteacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject. Then a former star pupil reenters her life after failing as a playwright in New York City. Seeing in his script the inspiration that she has always longed to instill in her students, this dyed-in-the-wool romantic enlists the help of long-suffering drama teacher Carl to mount the work as the high school’s next and…
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