Genius vs Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Genius). Genius is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 1m. Genius is the older of the two (2016 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Genius
Portrait of a Lady on Fire| Genius | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 44m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Michael Grandage | Céline Sciamma |
| Main cast | Jude Law, Dominic West, Laura Linney, Nicole Kidman, Guy Pearce | Valeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami |
Synopsis
Genius
New York in the 1920s. Max Perkins, a literary editor is the first to sign such subsequent literary greats as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald. When a sprawling, chaotic 1,000-page manuscript by an unknown writer falls into his hands, Perkins is convinced he has discovered a literary genius.
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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