El bolero de Rubén vs Mantrap
El bolero de Rubén has the higher audience score (8/10 against 5.6/10 for Mantrap). Mantrap is the shorter watch at 1h 13m compared with 2h . Mantrap is the older of the two (1953 against 2024). Both are crime, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
El bolero de Rubén
Mantrap| El bolero de Rubén | Mantrap | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 5.6/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 1953 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 13m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller | Crime, Thriller |
| Country | Colombia | – |
| Director | Juan Carlos Mazo | Terence Fisher |
| Main cast | Aída Morales, Marlon Moreno, Majida Issa, Diego Cadavid, Juliana Velázquez | Anthony Forwood, Lois Maxwell, Paul Henreid, Kieron Moore, Hugh Sinclair |
Synopsis
El bolero de Rubén
Far from being a film about life in the gangs of Medellín, El Bolero de Rubén is a tragedy set to the rhythm of boleros where Marta, after fifteen years of waiting for her boyfriend to get out of jail, is consumed by the walls of her half-finished house; at the same time, her dream of becoming a singer takes her through imaginary places that reflect her frustration, rage and fear. Based on the homonymous play.
Mantrap
Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's…
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