Goodbye Bafana vs Hero of the Red Light District
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 6.8/10 for Goodbye Bafana). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 55m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2007). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Goodbye Bafana
Hero of the Red Light District| Goodbye Bafana | Hero of the Red Light District | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.7/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 1960 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 49m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | Belgium | – |
| Director | Bille August | Tomu Uchida |
| Main cast | Dennis Haysbert, Diane Kruger, Joseph Fiennes, Tyrone Keogh, Terry Pheto | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani |
Synopsis
Goodbye Bafana
The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela.
Hero of the Red Light District
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
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