Il Mare vs The Shape of Water
Il Mare has the higher audience score (7.4/10 against 7.2/10 for The Shape of Water). Il Mare is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 3m. Il Mare is the older of the two (2000 against 2017). Both are drama, fantasy, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Il Mare
The Shape of Water| Il Mare | The Shape of Water | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 36m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Drama, Fantasy, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Lee Hyun-seung | Guillermo del Toro |
| Main cast | Lee Jung-jae, Gianna Jun, Kim Mu-saeng, Cho Seung-yeon, Min Yun-jae | Doug Jones, Michael Shannon, Nick Searcy, Richard Jenkins, Michael Stuhlbarg |
Synopsis
Il Mare
In the year 1999, a young woman leaves her quaint seaside house and returns to the city, leaving in the mailbox a card for the next owner, with instructions to forward any mail of hers to the new address. In the year 1997, a jaded young architect moves into the same house and finds the letter. His reply, which he slips into the mailbox, finds its way to her, beginning a parallel-time love story separated by a span of two years.
The Shape of Water
An other-worldly story, set against the backdrop of Cold War era America circa 1962, where a mute janitor working at a lab falls in love with an amphibious man being held captive there and devises a plan to help him escape.
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