El Dorado vs Origin

Origin has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for El Dorado). Origin is the shorter watch at 5m compared with 1h 38m. El Dorado is the older of the two (1921 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

El Dorado posterEl Dorado1921 VS Origin posterOrigin2024
El DoradoOrigin
Audience score★ 6.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year19212024
Length1h 38m5m
GenresDramaDrama, Horror
CountryFranceGB
DirectorMarcel L'HerbierJoby Stephens
Main castÈve Francis, Jaque Catelain, Marcelle Pradot, Philippe Hériat, Claire PréliaImmy Taylor, Emma Hutchings

Synopsis

El Dorado

In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement of his adult daughter Iliana to a wealthy nobleman. Iliana however slips away from her engagement party to meet her real lover Hedwick, a Swedish painter. Sibilla, in desperation…

Origin

1896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.

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