Marguerite vs The Ballad of Wallis Island
The Ballad of Wallis Island has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.4/10 for Marguerite). The Ballad of Wallis Island is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 7m. Marguerite is the older of the two (2015 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, music movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Marguerite
The Ballad of Wallis Island| Marguerite | The Ballad of Wallis Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.4/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music | Comedy, Drama, Music |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Xavier Giannoli | James Griffiths |
| Main cast | André Marcon, Michel Fau, Catherine Frot, Christa Théret, Astrid Whettnall | Carey Mulligan, Tim Key, Sian Clifford, Tom Basden, Steve Marsh |
Synopsis
Marguerite
Paris in the 1920s. Marguerite Dumont is a wealthy woman with a passion for music and the opera. For years, she has performed regularly for a circle of guests. But Marguerite sings tragically out of tune and no one has ever told her. Her husband and her close friends have always encouraged her in her illusions. Things become very complicated the day she gets it into her head to perform in front of a genuine public, at the Opera.
The Ballad of Wallis Island
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.
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