Once Upon a Time in the Middle East vs Sarah's Key
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East has the higher audience score (9.2/10 against 7.3/10 for Sarah's Key). Sarah's Key is the shorter watch at 1h 51m compared with 2h 20m. Sarah's Key is the older of the two (2010 against 2026). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East
Sarah's Key| Once Upon a Time in the Middle East | Sarah's Key | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.2/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 20m | 1h 51m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Wen Muye | Gilles Paquet-Brenner |
| Main cast | Aarif Rahman, Jiang Qiming, Wei Qing, Michael Koltes, Zhang Xiwei | Aidan Quinn, Michel Duchaussoy, Niels Arestrup, Arben Bajraktaraj, Frédéric Pierrot |
Synopsis
Once Upon a Time in the Middle East
Xu Fu travels to the Middle East to work as a chef in a Chinese restaurant to pay off family debts, where he meets floor manager Ma Junsheng. Their Dragon Restaurant rises to fame, attracting crowds with authentic‑tasting Chinese food. But war breaks out, and local conditions take a drastic turn for the worse. No one can remain unaffected. What lies ahead for them? And how will the Dragon Restaurant hold on amid the war?
Sarah's Key
On the night of 16 July 1942, ten year old Sarah and her parents are being arrested and transported to the Velodrome d'Hiver in Paris where thousands of other jews are being sent to get deported. Sarah however managed to lock her little brother in a closet just before the police entered their apartment. Sixty years later, Julia Jarmond, an American journalist in Paris, gets the assignment to write an article about this raid, a black page in the…
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