Flood vs The Cool Lakes of Death
Flood has the higher audience score (9/10 against 5.9/10 for The Cool Lakes of Death). Flood is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 4m. The Cool Lakes of Death is the older of the two (1982 against 2025). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Flood
The Cool Lakes of Death| Flood | The Cool Lakes of Death | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1982 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 4m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | Netherlands |
| Director | Martin Gonda | Nouchka van Brakel |
| Main cast | Sara Chripáková, Jozef Pantlikáš, Katarína Babejová, Vladimíra Štefániková, Michal Soltész | Derek de Lint, Renée Soutendijk, Huub Stapel, Peter Faber, Erik van 't Wout |
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.
The Cool Lakes of Death
Hedwig, a young wealthy woman growing up in the straight-jacket of bourgeois morality in the Victorian era, descends into madness after years of sexual repression and tragedy.
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