Little Crumb vs Summer of the Colt

Summer of the Colt has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.3/10 for Little Crumb). Summer of the Colt is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 1h 59m. Summer of the Colt is the older of the two (1991 against 1999). Both are drama, family movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Little Crumb posterLittle Crumb1999 VS Summer of the Colt posterSummer of the Colt1991
Little CrumbSummer of the Colt
Audience score★ 6.3/10★ 8.5/10
Year19991991
Length1h 59m1h 40m
GenresDrama, FamilyDrama, Family
CountryNetherlands–
DirectorMaria PetersAndré Melançon
Main castRuud Feltkamp, Hugo Haenen, Rick Engelkes, Yannick van de Velde, Jack WouterseHéctor Alterio, Manuel Callau, China Zorrilla, Alexandra London-Thompson, Juan De Benedictis

Synopsis

Little Crumb

The film is based on the popular Dutch childrens book by Chris van Abkoude. In a Dutch port in 1921 lives a 10-year-old orphan boy known to everyone simply as Little Crumb. His poverty-stricken mother Lize van Dien filled with shame was forced to turn him over to Mrs. Koster soon after he was born. Foster mother Mrs. Koster, who has cared for him since he was a baby, is very poor too, unable to support him by herself and proves to be a cruel…

Summer of the Colt

This award-winning film by André Melançon -- set on a ranch on the pampas of Argentina -- tells the story of three children spending a summer with their grandfather. The youngest, Felipe, makes friends with a puppy; his older brother, Daniel, breaks and train his first horse; their 13-year-old sister, Laura, struggles with the transition between childhood and growing up. The kids find it difficult to adapt to their proud and stubborn…

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