Hair of the Bear vs Maddened by His Absence
Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for Maddened by His Absence). Hair of the Bear is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Maddened by His Absence is the older of the two (2012 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hair of the Bear
Maddened by His Absence| Hair of the Bear | Maddened by His Absence | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 5.9/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2012 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Drama, Thriller | Drama |
| Country | Canada | Belgium |
| Director | Alexandre Trudeau, James McLellan | Sandrine Bonnaire |
| Main cast | Malia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan Lawrence | William Hurt, Augustin Legrand, Alexandra Lamy, Jean-François Wolff, Colette Kieffer |
Synopsis
Hair of the Bear
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
Maddened by His Absence
After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start…
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