Foreign Land vs Return to Paradise
Foreign Land has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Return to Paradise). Return to Paradise is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 50m. Foreign Land is the older of the two (1996 against 1998). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Foreign Land
Return to Paradise| Foreign Land | Return to Paradise | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 1996 | 1998 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | Brazil | – |
| Director | Daniela Thomas, Walter Salles | Joseph Ruben |
| Main cast | Tchéky Karyo, Luís Melo, Fernanda Torres, Fernando Alves Pinto, Carlos Santos | David Zayas, Nick Sandow, Vince Vaughn, Vera Farmiga, David Conrad |
Synopsis
Foreign Land
During a time of political upheaval in Brazil, two strangers meet by coincidence in a foreign land and end up caught in the middle of a gem smuggling ring.
Return to Paradise
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
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