Persecution vs The Reader
Persecution has the higher audience score (9/10 against 7.5/10 for The Reader). Persecution is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 2h 4m. Persecution is the older of the two (1972 against 2008). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Persecution
The Reader| Persecution | The Reader | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 1972 | 2008 |
| Length | 1h 22m | 2h 4m |
| Genres | Drama, Music, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Atıf Yılmaz | Stephen Daldry |
| Main cast | Türkan Şoray, Murat Soydan, Muammer Gözalan, Nedret Güvenç, Kayhan Yıldızoğlu | Lena Olin, Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara |
Synopsis
Persecution
Ayla is a conservatory student. Through a coincidence, she meets Tarık, a famous composer. They fall in love and soon become engaged. On a trip abroad, Tarık experiences one of Ayla's biggest traumas. This disaster will affect the fate of the duo in a bad way.
The Reader
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
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