Escape from Pretoria vs The Mad Women's Ball
Escape from Pretoria has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 7.1/10 for The Mad Women's Ball). Escape from Pretoria is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 2m. Escape from Pretoria is the older of the two (2020 against 2021). Both are drama, history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Escape from Pretoria
The Mad Women's Ball| Escape from Pretoria | The Mad Women's Ball | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Francis Annan | Mélanie Laurent |
| Main cast | Ian Hart, Daniel Radcliffe, Grant Piro, Daniel Webber, Mark Leonard Winter | Emmanuelle Bercot, André Marcon, Mélanie Laurent, Martine Chevallier, Grégoire Bonnet |
Synopsis
Escape from Pretoria
South Africa, 1978. Tim Jenkin and Stephen Lee, two white political activists from the African National Congress imprisoned by the apartheid regime, put a plan in motion to escape from the infamous Pretoria Prison.
The Mad Women's Ball
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.
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