Leaving Africa vs Waltz with Bashir

Waltz with Bashir has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 1/10 for Leaving Africa). Leaving Africa is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 30m. Waltz with Bashir is the older of the two (2008 against 2015). Both are documentary, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Leaving Africa posterLeaving Africa2015 VS Waltz with Bashir posterWaltz with Bashir2008
Leaving AfricaWaltz with Bashir
Audience score★ 1.0/10★ 7.7/10
Year20152008
Length1h 24m1h 30m
GenresDocumentary, DramaAnimation, Documentary, Drama, War
Country––
DirectorIiris HärmäAri Folman
Main cast–Mickey Leon, Ari Folman, Ori Sivan, Yehezkel Lazarov, Ronny Dayag

Synopsis

Leaving Africa

Riitta and Catherine live together in Uganda. By day the two sixtysomethings provide sexual health and equality education for Catholics, Muslims and Anglicans alike. By night they smoke, do crosswords and don’t shy away from frank discussions. Riitta's long career empowering women in Africa is coming to a close, but Ugandan government is trying their best to shut down their sex-ed program during her last months in Africa.

Waltz with Bashir

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

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