Lumumba vs The Message
The Message has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.8/10 for Lumumba). Lumumba is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 3h 26m. The Message is the older of the two (1976 against 2000). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Lumumba
The Message| Lumumba | The Message | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 1976 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 3h 26m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Action, Adventure, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Raoul Peck | Moustapha Akkad |
| Main cast | Ériq Ebouaney, Olivier Bony, Alex Descas, Théophile Sowié, Maka Kotto | Damien Thomas, Martin Benson, Abdallah Ghaith, Ali Ahmed Salem, Mohamed El Arabi |
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…
The Message
In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
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