Given vs Leto
Given has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.4/10 for Leto). Given is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 2h 6m. Leto is the older of the two (2018 against 2020). Both are drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Given
Leto| Given | Leto | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h | 2h 6m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, Music, Romance | Drama, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Hikaru Yamaguchi | Kirill Serebrennikov |
| Main cast | Takuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano, Shintaro Asanuma | Irina Starshenbaum, Philipp Avdeev, Aleksandr Bashirov, Teo Yoo, Roman Bilyk |
Synopsis
Given
Haruki secretly had feelings for Akihiko for years, but Akihiko was still in a relationship with his roommate, the violinist Ugetsu Murata. Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu's love clashes and starts to move forward.
Leto
Leningrad, one summer in the early eighties. Smuggling LPs by Lou Reed and David Bowie, the underground rock scene is boiling ahead of the Perestroika. Mike and his beautiful wife Natasha meet with young Viktor Tsoï. Together with friends, they will change the destiny of rock’n’roll in the Soviet Union.