Picture Bride vs Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.5/10 for Picture Bride). Picture Bride is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 1m. Picture Bride is the older of the two (1995 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Picture Bride posterPicture Bride1995 VS Portrait of a Lady on Fire posterPortrait of a Lady on Fire2019
Picture BridePortrait of a Lady on Fire
Audience score★ 6.5/10★ 8.1/10
Year19952019
Length1h 34m2h 1m
GenresDrama, HistoryDrama, History, Romance
CountryJapan–
DirectorKayo HattaCéline Sciamma
Main castYouki Kudoh, Akira Takayama, Tamlyn Tomita, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Toshirō MifuneValeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna Bajrami

Synopsis

Picture Bride

Riyo, an orphaned 17-year old, sails from Yokohama to Hawaii in 1918 to marry Matsuji, a man she has never met. Hoping to escape a troubled past and start anew, Riyo is bitterly disappointed upon her arrival: her husband is twice her age. The miserable girl finds solace with her new friend Kana, a young mother who helps Riyo accept her new life.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

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