Empty Nets vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Empty Nets). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema 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
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema| Empty Nets | Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Ireland |
| Director | Behrooz Karamizade | David Gleeson |
| Main cast | Ali Bagheri, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Sadaf Asgari, Keyvan Mohamadi, Pantea Panahiha | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien |
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.
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.
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