Hair of the Bear vs On the Water Surface

Hair of the Bear has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.5/10 for On the Water Surface). On the Water Surface is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 32m. On the Water Surface is the older of the two (2023 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hair of the Bear posterHair of the Bear2026 VS On the Water Surface posterOn the Water Surface2023
Hair of the BearOn the Water Surface
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.5/10
Year20262023
Length1h 32m1h 29m
GenresDrama, ThrillerDrama
CountryCanada–
DirectorAlexandre Trudeau, James McLellanZeynep Köprülü
Main castMalia Baker, Robert Naylor, Roy Dupuis, Catherine Bérubé, Jonathan LawrenceCemre Ebüzziya, Nazan Kesal, Şencan Güleryüz, Yasemin Szawlowski, Aytek Şayan

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.

On the Water Surface

Deniz returns to her hometown to attend her widowed mother's wedding. The anger, fear, and guilt she thought she'd left behind, resurface during the visit. As her mother leaves her the family house, a tragedy haunts her. She can't stop thinking about her father drowning at sea. Moreover, she feels her mother blames her and has abandoned her for it. She realizes she won't be able to move on like her mother unless she faces her problems head-on…

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