Hero of the Red Light District vs The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Hero of the Red Light District has the higher audience score (8.7/10 against 7.6/10 for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). Hero of the Red Light District is the shorter watch at 1h 49m compared with 1h 52m. Hero of the Red Light District is the older of the two (1960 against 2007). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Hero of the Red Light District
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly| Hero of the Red Light District | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.7/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 1960 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Tomu Uchida | Julian Schnabel |
| Main cast | Harumi Matsukaze, Chiezo Kataoka, Isao Kimura, Shinnosuke Ogata, Yoshie Mizutani | Jean-Pierre Cassel, Max von Sydow, Marina Hands, Marie-Josée Croze, Niels Arestrup |
Synopsis
Hero of the Red Light District
A successful textile industrialist from the provinces, who is beloved by his employees for his kindness, cannot find a wife because of a disfiguring birthmark on his face. Even the courtesans in Yoshiwara refuse to entertain him, until an indentured peasant prostitute, Tamarazu, takes the unsavoury assignment and treats him with brash tenderness.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The true story of Elle France editor Jean-Dominique Bauby, who, in 1995 at the age of 43, suffered a stroke that paralyzed his entire body, except his left eye. Using that eye to blink out his memoir, Bauby eloquently described the aspects of his interior world, from the psychological torment of being trapped inside his body to his imagined stories from lands he'd only visited in his mind.
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