Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms vs Secret Friends
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 3.7/10 for Secret Friends). Secret Friends is the shorter watch at 1h 37m compared with 1h 55m. Secret Friends is the older of the two (1991 against 2018). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
Secret Friends| Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | Secret Friends | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 3.7/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 1991 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 1h 37m |
| Genres | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Mari Okada | Dennis Potter |
| Main cast | Tomokazu Sugita, Hiroaki Hirata, Yuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoko Hikasa | Frances Barber, Gina Bellman, Alan Bates, Ian McNeice, Tony Doyle |
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…
Secret Friends
During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.
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