Given vs Persepolis
Given has the higher audience score (8.3/10 against 7.9/10 for Persepolis). Given is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 35m. Persepolis is the older of the two (2007 against 2020). Both are animation, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Given
Persepolis| Given | Persepolis | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, Music, Romance | Animation, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Hikaru Yamaguchi | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud |
| Main cast | Takuya Eguchi, Yuma Uchida, Masatomo Nakazawa, Shogo Yano, Shintaro Asanuma | Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Arié Elmaleh, Mathias Mlekuz |
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.
Persepolis
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
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