Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms vs Persepolis
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.9/10 for Persepolis). Persepolis is the shorter watch at 1h 35m compared with 1h 55m. Persepolis is the older of the two (2007 against 2018). Both are animation, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Persepolis| Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | Persepolis | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2007 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy | Animation, Drama |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Mari Okada | Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud |
| Main cast | Tomokazu Sugita, Hiroaki Hirata, Yuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoko Hikasa | Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Simon Abkarian, Arié Elmaleh, Mathias Mlekuz |
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…
Persepolis
In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.
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