Mend vs Origin
Origin has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Mend). Origin is the shorter watch at 5m compared with 20m. Mend is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mend
Origin| Mend | Origin | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2023 | 2024 |
| Length | 20m | 5m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama, Horror |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | GG FÁKỌ̀LÀDÉ, Roger Ghil | Joby Stephens |
| Main cast | Elidio Netto, Eliete Miranda, Markus Konká, Royce Luckessy, Jordan Fernandes | Immy Taylor, Emma Hutchings |
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?
Origin
1896. Left behind in the family manor, young Mary plays hide and seek with the servant, Beth. But as the game unfolds, she realises Beth isn’t the only one searching for her… Something else is lurking in the dark. And it’s ready to play.