Lover of the Last Empress vs The Best of Youth
The Best of Youth 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 6h 7m. Lover of the Last Empress is the older of the two (1995 against 2003). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lover of the Last Empress
The Best of Youth| Lover of the Last Empress | The Best of Youth | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1995 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 6h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Andrew Lau Wai-Keung | Marco Tullio Giordana |
| Main cast | Tony Leung Ka-fai, Yu Rongguang, Lau Shun, Chingmy Yau, Yvonne Yung Hung | Luigi Lo Cascio, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Riccardo Scamarcio |
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…
The Best of Youth
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
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