Memoirs of a Geisha vs Promise at Dawn
Memoirs of a Geisha has the higher audience score (7.7/10 against 7.3/10 for Promise at Dawn). Promise at Dawn is the shorter watch at 2h 10m compared with 2h 26m. Memoirs of a Geisha is the older of the two (2005 against 2017). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Promise at Dawn| Memoirs of a Geisha | Promise at Dawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2017 |
| Length | 2h 26m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Romance | Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Rob Marshall | Eric Barbier |
| Main cast | Mako, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Tsai Chin, Youki Kudoh | Catherine McCormack, Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Arieh Worthalter |
Synopsis
Memoirs of a Geisha
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a maid in a geisha house.
Promise at Dawn
From his childhood in Poland to his adolescence in Nice to his years as a student in Paris and his tough training as a pilot during World War II, this tragi-comedy tells the romantic story of Romain Gary, one of the most famous French novelists and sole writer to have won the Goncourt Prize for French literature two times.
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