Head in the Clouds vs In This Corner of the World
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 5.9/10 for Head in the Clouds). Head in the Clouds is the shorter watch at 2h 1m compared with 2h 10m. Head in the Clouds is the older of the two (2004 against 2016). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Head in the Clouds
In This Corner of the World| Head in the Clouds | In This Corner of the World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2016 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, War | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | Japan |
| Director | John Duigan | Sunao Katabuchi |
| Main cast | Charlize Theron, Thomas Kretschmann, Penélope Cruz, Stuart Townsend, Steven Berkoff | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba |
Synopsis
Head in the Clouds
Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonistic lifestyle and her burgeoning career as a photographer. But Guy and Mia feel impelled to join the fight against fascism, and the three friends are separated.
In This Corner of the World
Japan, 1943, during World War II. Young Suzu leaves her village near Hiroshima to marry and live with her in-laws in Kure, a military harbor. Her creativity to overcome deprivation quickly makes her indispensable at home. Inhabited by an ancestral wisdom, Suzu impregnates the simple gestures of everyday life with poetry and beauty. The many hardships, the loss of loved ones, the frequent air raids of the enemy, nothing alters her enthusiasm…
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