Empire vs My Grandfather's People
My Grandfather's People has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 6.7/10 for Empire). Empire is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 2h 3m. My Grandfather's People is the older of the two (2011 against 2023). Both are comedy, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Empire
My Grandfather's People| Empire | My Grandfather's People | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama, Family, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Frederikke Aspöck | Çağan Irmak |
| Main cast | Søren Sætter-Lassen, Peter Gantzler, Jesper Asholt, Christopher Læssø, Claus Riis Østergaard | Çetin Tekindor, Hümeyra, Ezgi Mola, Ushan Çakır, Yiğit Özşener |
Synopsis
Empire
As a “free colored” woman, Anna Elizabeth Heegaard is wealthy and owns her own slaves when she begins a love affair with the Danish colony’s governor-general Peter von Scholten. During communal feasts, they discuss social reforms while a slave boy hangs above the table and cools the diners with a feather. And in the shadows, whispers begin of a slave revolt.
My Grandfather's People
A feature film that tells the story of the director's grandfather who was forced to leave Crete in the 1920s during the Greek-Turkish population exchange.
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