Forgiveness Girl vs Manderlay

Forgiveness Girl has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Manderlay). Forgiveness Girl is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 19m. Manderlay is the older of the two (2005 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Forgiveness Girl posterForgiveness Girl2025 VS Manderlay posterManderlay2005
Forgiveness GirlManderlay
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 6.9/10
Year20252005
Length1h 51m2h 19m
GenresDrama, FamilyDrama
CountryUS–
DirectorRob DiamondLars von Trier
Main castWalter Platz, Scarlett Diamond, Mia Hansen, Melinda YeamanJohn Hurt, Jeremy Davies, Jean-Marc Barr, Bryce Dallas Howard, Willem Dafoe

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.

Manderlay

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heavy gates, she stays to liberate the people and see them through their first harvest. With four of her father's colleagues and a lawyer, she faces the daunting task of resurrecting the place known as Manderlay.

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