Lumumba vs Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Portrait of a Lady on Fire has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.8/10 for Lumumba). Lumumba is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 1m. Lumumba is the older of the two (2000 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lumumba
Portrait of a Lady on Fire| Lumumba | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 1m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Raoul Peck | Céline Sciamma |
| Main cast | Ériq Ebouaney, Olivier Bony, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto | Valeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami |
Synopsis
Lumumba
The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the formerly vilified and later redeemed leader of the independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Using newly discovered historical evidence, Haitian-born and later Congo-raised writer and director Raoul Peck renders an emotional and tautly woven account of the mail clerk and beer salesman with a flair for oratory and an uncompromising belief in the capacity of his homeland to build a…
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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