Maigret and the Dead Lover vs The Purity of Vengeance
The Purity of Vengeance has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6/10 for Maigret and the Dead Lover). Maigret and the Dead Lover is the shorter watch at 1h 20m compared with 1h 58m. The Purity of Vengeance is the older of the two (2018 against 2026). Both are crime, drama, mystery movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maigret and the Dead Lover
The Purity of Vengeance| Maigret and the Dead Lover | The Purity of Vengeance | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.0/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 20m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama, Mystery | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Pascal Bonitzer | Christoffer Boe |
| Main cast | Julia Faure, Dominique Reymond, Jeremy Lewin, Irène Jacob, Denis Podalydès | Clara Rosager, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Søren Pilmark, Nicolas Bro, Birthe Neumann |
Synopsis
Maigret and the Dead Lover
Commissioner Maigret rushes to the Quai d’Orsay with Lieutenant Janvier. There, they find Mademoiselle Larrieu in a state of shock. That very morning, she discovered the bullet-riddled body of Mr. Berthier-Lagès, a renowned former ambassador whom she had served as a housekeeper for 46 years. While searching the victim's apartment, Maigret and Janvier uncover hundreds of letters. The diplomat had maintained a fifty-year-long love correspondence…
The Purity of Vengeance
Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.
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