Lover of the Last Empress vs Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 5.9/10 for Lover of the Last Empress). Lover of the Last Empress is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 1m. Lover of the Last Empress is the older of the two (1995 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lover of the Last Empress
Portrait of a Lady on Fire| Lover of the Last Empress | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Andrew Lau Wai-Keung | Céline Sciamma |
| Main cast | Tony Leung Ka-fai, Yu Rongguang, Lau Shun, Chingmy Yau, Yvonne Yung Hung | Valeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami |
Synopsis
Lover of the Last Empress
The story of an innocent girl who is destined to become one of the emperor´s concubines. Initially she suffers from a loss of innocence and the intrigues of the other concubines but over the course of time she becomes less and less scrupulous and finally is impregnated by the emperor and thus becomes his wife - the empress of China. However, her "career" has corrupted her once innocent soul and so, after the emperor dies she rules the land with…
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.
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