Grave of the Fireflies vs Timbuktu
Grave of the Fireflies has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7/10 for Timbuktu). Grave of the Fireflies is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 36m. Grave of the Fireflies is the older of the two (1988 against 2014). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Grave of the Fireflies
Timbuktu| Grave of the Fireflies | Timbuktu | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 1988 | 2014 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Isao Takahata | Abderrahmane Sissako |
| Main cast | Tsutomu Tatsumi, Ayano Shiraishi, Yoshiko Shinohara, Akemi Yamaguchi, Masayo Sakai | Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noël |
Synopsis
Grave of the Fireflies
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
Timbuktu
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
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