In This Corner of the World vs The Widow of Saint-Pierre
In This Corner of the World has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.6/10 for The Widow of Saint-Pierre). The Widow of Saint-Pierre is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 10m. The Widow of Saint-Pierre is the older of the two (2000 against 2016). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
In This Corner of the World
The Widow of Saint-Pierre| In This Corner of the World | The Widow of Saint-Pierre | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2000 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 1h 52m |
| Genres | Animation, Drama, History, Romance, War | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | Japan | Canada |
| Director | Sunao Katabuchi | Patrice Leconte |
| Main cast | Yoshimasa Hosoya, Daisuke Ono, Megumi Han, Non, Natsuki Inaba | Daniel Auteuil, Emir Kusturica, Juliette Binoche, Michel Duchaussoy, Philippe Magnan |
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…
The Widow of Saint-Pierre
In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.
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