Persecution vs Torment

Persecution has the higher audience score (9/10 against 6.8/10 for Torment). Persecution is the shorter watch at 1h 22m compared with 1h 42m. Persecution is the older of the two (1972 against 1994). Both are drama, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Persecution posterPersecution1972 VS Torment posterTorment1994
PersecutionTorment
Audience score★ 9.0/10★ 6.8/10
Year19721994
Length1h 22m1h 42m
GenresDrama, Music, Romance, ThrillerDrama, Thriller
Country––
DirectorAtıf YılmazClaude Chabrol
Main castTürkan Şoray, Murat Soydan, Muammer Gözalan, Nedret Güvenç, Kayhan YıldızoğluJean-Pierre Cassel, Emmanuelle Béart, François Cluzet, Nathalie Cardone, André Wilms

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.

Torment

Forced to work extremely hard to keep things afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head questioning his past choices. Convinced that his wife has been unfaithful, he begins to see every male guest as a potential threat. What follows is Paul's downward spiral into the madness of deranged jealousy where he finally discovers that hell is not a state of mind – hell is himself.

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