Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms vs Paths
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.4/10 for Paths). Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h . Paths is the older of the two (1978 against 2018). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Paths| Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | Paths | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.4/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 1978 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h |
| Genres | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Mari Okada | João César Monteiro |
| Main cast | Tomokazu Sugita, Hiroaki Hirata, Yuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoko Hikasa | João César Monteiro, Manuela de Freitas, Carmen Duarte, Virgilio Branco, Luís de Sousa Costa |
Synopsis
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Maquia is a member of a special race called the Iorph who can live for hundreds of years. However, Maquia has always felt lonely despite being surrounded by her people, as she was orphaned from a young age. She daydreams about the outside world, but dares not travel from her home due to the warnings of the clan's chief. One day the kingdom of Mezarte invades her homeland. They already have what is left of the giant dragons, the Renato, under…
Paths
Parallel tales of young couples desperately escaping cruel false fathers, each couple on the run across different regions of the country and during increasingly contemporary time periods.
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