Father’s Chair vs Hair of the Bear

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Father’s Chair). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 33m. Father’s Chair is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Father’s Chair posterFather’s Chair2012 VS Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026
Father’s ChairHair of the Bear
Audience score★ 7.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20122026
Length1h 33m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama, Thriller
Country–Canada
DirectorLuciano MouraAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellan
Main castWagner Moura, Lima Duarte, Luisa Arraes, Edmilson Cordeiro, Gabrielle LopesMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence

Synopsis

Father’s Chair

Theo is living the good life in an upscale Brazilian neighborhood. He’s a hardworking doctor, husband, and father. However, Theo has chosen his career over his family, and little by little he discovers that his world is crumbling around him. His beloved mentor and surrogate father is dying, and his wife announces that she wants a divorce. Yet nothing prepares him for the day when he comes home to discover that his 15-year-old son, Pedro, has…

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.

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