Memoirs of a Geisha vs The Best of Youth
The Best of Youth has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.7/10 for Memoirs of a Geisha). Memoirs of a Geisha is the shorter watch at 2h 26m compared with 6h 7m. The Best of Youth is the older of the two (2003 against 2005). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Memoirs of a Geisha | The Best of Youth | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2005 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 26m | 6h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Romance | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Rob Marshall | Marco Tullio Giordana |
| Main cast | Mako, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Tsai Chin, Youki Kudoh | Luigi Lo Cascio, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Riccardo Scamarcio |
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.
The Best of Youth
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
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