Empty Nets vs Hair of the Bear
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Empty Nets). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Empty Nets is the older of the two (2024 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Empty Nets
Hair of the Bear| Empty Nets | Hair of the Bear | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Thriller |
| Country | – | Canada |
| Director | Behrooz Karamizade | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan |
| Main cast | Ali Bagheri, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Sadaf Asgari, Keyvan Mohamadi, Pantea Panahiha | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence |
Synopsis
Empty Nets
Amir, a young Iranian, signs on with a fisherman on the rugged Caspian Sea coast in order to earn the money he needs to marry his sweetheart, Narges. But in so doing, he becomes entangled in the criminal machinations of caviar poaching. Piece by piece, a complex hierarchy is revealed in a parallel realm that becomes ever more constricting and oppressive, endangering Amir’s relationship with Narges as well.
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
Where to watch
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