Portrait of a Lady on Fire vs The Load

Portrait of a Lady on Fire has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.9/10 for The Load). The Load is the shorter watch at 1h 34m compared with 2h 1m. The Load is the older of the two (2016 against 2019). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Portrait of a Lady on Fire posterPortrait of a Lady on Fire2019 VS The Load posterThe Load2016
Portrait of a Lady on FireThe Load
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.9/10
Year20192016
Length2h 1m1h 34m
GenresDrama, History, RomanceDrama, History
Country––
DirectorCéline SciammaAlan Jonsson
Main castValeria Golino, Noémie Merlant, Christel Baras, Adèle Haenel, Luàna BajramiGerardo Taracena, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Horacio García Rojas, Harold Torres, María Valverde

Synopsis

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.

The Load

Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them and dissolves their longstanding differences and creates intimate bonds that threaten their very survival.

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