Mend vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Mend). Mend is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 1h 32m. Mend is the older of the two (2023 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mend
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema| Mend | Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2026 |
| Length | 20m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Ireland |
| Director | GG FÁKỌ̀LÀDÉ, Roger Ghil | David Gleeson |
| Main cast | Elidio Netto, Eliete Miranda, Markus Konká, Royce Luckessy, Jordan Fernandes | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien |
Synopsis
Mend
Zé runs a repair shop where he toils over the dregs and discards of his suburban seaside town. Zé is a black bisexual middle-aged man looking for love, and facing down the invisible traumas of colonialism to find a new kind of freedom. But can he learn to mend his relationship with himself?
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.
Where to watch
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