In This Corner of the World vs Mona Lisa Smile
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.9/10 for Mona Lisa Smile). Mona Lisa Smile is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 10m. Mona Lisa Smile is the older of the two (2003 against 2016). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
Mona Lisa Smile| In This Corner of the World | Mona Lisa Smile | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 57m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Mike Newell |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Dominic West, John Slattery, Juliet Stevenson, Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst |
Synopsis
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…
Mona Lisa Smile
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
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