Fireflies at El Mozote vs When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty

Fireflies at El Mozote has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty). When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty is the shorter watch at 1h 16m compared with 1h 30m. When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Fireflies at El Mozote posterFireflies at El Mozote2025 VS When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty posterWhen Morning Comes, I Feel Empty2023
Fireflies at El MozoteWhen Morning Comes, I Feel Empty
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.8/10
Year20252023
Length1h 30m1h 16m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorErnesto MelaraYuho Ishibashi
Main castJeff Fahey, Mena Suvari, Yancey Arias, Paz Vega, Juan Pablo ShukToshihiro Yashiba, Erika Karata, Haruka Imou, Kazuma Ishibashi, Oto Abe

Synopsis

Fireflies at El Mozote

During the 1980s civil war in El Salvador, a rebel group of leftist guerrillas fight to expose its government's death squads via an underground radio network and hope to end their government's reign of terror with the help of an American journalist.

When Morning Comes, I Feel Empty

24-year-old Nozomi quit her job at an ad agency and now works part-time at a convenience store. Her ordinary days are enlivened by funny and kind co-workers but her heart is troubled because she cannot tell her parents about her situation and she is haunted by her failure to meet the excessive demands at her previous workplace. One day, her former junior high school classmate Kanako appears and Nozomi begins to articulate how she feels.

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