In This Corner of the World vs Quo Vadis, Aida?

In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.6/10 for Quo Vadis, Aida?). Quo Vadis, Aida? is the shorter watch at 1h 44m compared with 2h 10m. In This Corner of the World is the older of the two (2016 against 2021). Both are drama, history, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.

In This Corner of the World posterIn This Corner of the World2016 VS Quo Vadis, Aida? posterQuo Vadis, Aida?2021
In This Corner of the WorldQuo Vadis, Aida?
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 7.6/10
Year20162021
Length2h 10m1h 44m
GenresAnimation, Drama, History, Romance, WarDrama, History, War
CountryJapan–
DirectorSunao KatabuchiJasmila Žbanić
Main castYoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki InabaRaymond Thiry, Boris Isaković, Juda Goslinga, Johan Heldenbergh, Boris Ler

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…

Quo Vadis, Aida?

Bosnia, July 1995. Aida is a translator for the UN in the small town of Srebrenica. When the Serbian army takes over the town, her family is among the thousands of citizens looking for shelter in the UN camp. As an insider to the negotiations Aida has access to crucial information that she needs to interpret. What is at the horizon for her family and people – rescue or death? Which move should she take?

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