Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms vs The Dance of Reality
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 7.2/10 for The Dance of Reality). Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms is the shorter watch at 1h 55m compared with 2h 10m. The Dance of Reality is the older of the two (2013 against 2018). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
The Dance of Reality| Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms | The Dance of Reality | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.2/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2013 |
| Length | 1h 55m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Fantasy | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | Japan | Chile |
| Director | Mari Okada | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
| Main cast | Tomokazu Sugita, Hiroaki Hirata, Yuki Kaji, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Yoko Hikasa | Alejandro Jodorowsky, Brontis Jodorowsky, Pamela Flores, Jeremias Herskovits, Bastián Bodenhöfer |
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…
The Dance of Reality
“Having broken away from my illusory self, I was desperately seeking a path and a meaning to life.” This phrase perfectly sums up Alejandro Jodorowsky’s biographical project: reconstituting the incredible adventure of his life. Alejandro Jodorowsky was born in 1929 in Tocopilla, a coastal town on edge of the Chilean desert, where this film was shot. It was there where he discovered the fundamentals of reality, as he underwent an unhappy and…
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