Eleni vs The Best of Youth
The Best of Youth has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.9/10 for Eleni). Eleni is the shorter watch at 1h 54m compared with 6h 7m. Eleni is the older of the two (1985 against 2003). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Eleni
The Best of Youth| Eleni | The Best of Youth | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1985 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 54m | 6h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Peter Yates | Marco Tullio Giordana |
| Main cast | John Malkovich, Glenne Headly, Ronald Pickup, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton | Luigi Lo Cascio, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Riccardo Scamarcio |
Synopsis
Eleni
Nick is a writer in New York when he gets posted to a bureau in Greece. He has waited 30 years for this. He wants to know why his mother was killed in the civil war years earlier. In a parallel plot line we see Nick as a young boy and his family as they struggle to survive in the occupied Greek hillside. The plot lines converge as Nick's investigations bring him closer to the answers.
The Best of Youth
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
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