Green Book vs Yao
Green Book has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.6/10 for Yao). Yao is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 10m. Green Book is the older of the two (2018 against 2019). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Green Book
Yao| Green Book | Yao | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2019 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Peter Farrelly | Philippe Godeau |
| Main cast | Sebastian Maniscalco, Viggo Mortensen, P.J. Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Joe Cortese | Omar Sy, Fatoumata Diawara, Lionel Louis Basse, Germaine Acogny, Alibeta |
Synopsis
Green Book
Tony Lip, a bouncer in 1962, is hired to drive pianist Don Shirley on a tour through the Deep South in the days when African Americans, forced to find alternate accommodations and services due to segregation laws below the Mason-Dixon Line, relied on a guide called The Negro Motorist Green Book.
Yao
From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue and brave 387 kilometers alone to the capital. Touched by this child, the actor decides to flee his obligations and to accompany him home. But on the…