La Singla vs The Look of Silence

La Singla has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.8/10 for The Look of Silence). La Singla is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 40m. The Look of Silence is the older of the two (2014 against 2023). Both are documentary, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

La Singla posterLa Singla2023 VS The Look of Silence posterThe Look of Silence2014
La SinglaThe Look of Silence
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 7.8/10
Year20232014
Length1h 35m1h 40m
GenresDocumentary, HistoryDocumentary, History
CountryGermany–
DirectorPaloma ZapataJoshua Oppenheimer
Main castMaría Alfonsa Rosso, Adelfa Calvo, Helena Kaittani, Antonia 'La Singla', ColitaAdi Rukun, M.Y. Basrun, Amir Hasan, Inong, Kemat

Synopsis

La Singla

In the 1960s, a young Spanish flamenco dancer named Antonia Singla captivated audiences with her strikingly passionate performances. Having lost her hearing at a young age, La Singla rose to fame with her commanding presence through a combination of her powerful gaze and thunderous movement. However, just at the height of her fame, she seemingly disappeared and decades later has been all but forgotten. When a young woman in Seville comes across…

The Look of Silence

An optician grapples with the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-1966, during which his older brother was exterminated.

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