Gauze vs LOLA
Gauze has the higher audience score (8.8/10 against 6.5/10 for LOLA). Gauze is the shorter watch at 8m compared with 1h 19m. LOLA is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gauze
LOLA| Gauze | LOLA | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.8/10 | ★ 6.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 8m | 1h 19m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, Science Fiction, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Nicholas Arujah, Noran Fikri Alezabi | Andrew Legge |
| Main cast | Bashir Alsharbati, Talia Alsharbati, Rasha Alsharbati, Ahmed Rehan, Mjd Ali | Stefanie Martini, Rory Fleck-Byrne, Hugh O'Conor, Lorcan Cranitch, Ian Toner |
Synopsis
Gauze
14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim - not for passion, but for survival.
LOLA
Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.