Mona Lisa Smile vs Promise at Dawn
Promise at Dawn has the higher audience score (7.3/10 against 6.9/10 for Mona Lisa Smile). Mona Lisa Smile is the shorter watch at 1h 57m compared with 2h 10m. Mona Lisa Smile is the older of the two (2003 against 2017). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Mona Lisa Smile
Promise at Dawn| Mona Lisa Smile | Promise at Dawn | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 57m | 2h 10m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Romance | Drama, History, Romance, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Mike Newell | Eric Barbier |
| Main cast | Dominic West, John Slattery, Juliet Stevenson, Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst | Catherine McCormack, Pierre Niney, Bastien Bouillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Arieh Worthalter |
Synopsis
Mona Lisa Smile
Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.
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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