My Octopus Teacher vs Occupied
Occupied has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.9/10 for My Octopus Teacher). Occupied is the shorter watch at 48m compared with 1h 25m. My Octopus Teacher is the older of the two (2020 against 2022). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
My Octopus Teacher
Occupied| My Octopus Teacher | Occupied | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2022 |
| Length | 1h 25m | 48m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | South Africa | – |
| Director | James Reed, Philippa Ehrlich | Albina Kovalyova |
| Main cast | Craig Foster, Tom Foster | Dzhafer Umerov, Dmytro Bahnenko, Lidia Biletska |
Synopsis
My Octopus Teacher
After years of swimming every day in the freezing ocean at the tip of Africa, Craig Foster meets an unlikely teacher: a young octopus who displays remarkable curiosity. Visiting her den and tracking her movements for months on end he eventually wins the animal’s trust and they develop a never-before-seen bond between human and wild animal.
Occupied
Dmytro Bahnenko, a journalist in Kherson, southern Ukraine, spent three months secretly recording his city's resistance to the Russian occupation.
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