Forgiveness Girl vs Maddened by His Absence

Forgiveness Girl has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for Maddened by His Absence). Maddened by His Absence is the shorter watch at 1h 38m compared with 1h 51m. Maddened by His Absence is the older of the two (2012 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forgiveness Girl posterForgiveness Girl2025 VS Maddened by His Absence posterMaddened by His Absence2012
Forgiveness GirlMaddened by His Absence
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.9/10
Year20252012
Length1h 51m1h 38m
GenresDrama, FamilyDrama
CountryUSBelgium
DirectorRob DiamondSandrine Bonnaire
Main castWalter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda YeamanWilliam Hurt, Augustin Legrand, Alexandra Lamy, Jean-François Wolff, Colette Kieffer

Synopsis

Forgiveness Girl

A little girl with cerebral palsy is relentlessly bullied throughout her life, yet finds it in her heart to forgive by seeking strength from a higher source above.

Maddened by His Absence

After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start…

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