Flood vs Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Flood has the higher audience score (9/10 against 8.1/10 for Portrait of a Lady on Fire). Flood is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 1m. Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the older of the two (2019 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Flood posterFlood2025 VS Portrait of a Lady on Fire posterPortrait of a Lady on Fire2019
FloodPortrait of a Lady on Fire
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 8.1/10
Year20252019
Length1h 42m2h 1m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History, Romance
Country––
DirectorMartin GondaCéline Sciamma
Main castSara Chripáková, Jozef Pantlikáš, Katarína Babejová, Vladimíra Štefániková, Michal SoltészValeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami

Synopsis

Flood

In communist Czechoslovakia in 1980, Mara dreams of leaving her village to study in the city and become a pilot. But her father, a widowed Ruthenian farmer, insists she stay and work the land. When her village faces destruction due to a new dam, their generational conflict intensifies, revealing the struggle between tradition, identity, and the desire for freedom in a context of historical change.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

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