Red Joan vs The Mad Women's Ball
The Mad Women's Ball has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.7/10 for Red Joan). Red Joan is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 2m. Red Joan is the older of the two (2018 against 2021). Both are history, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Red Joan | The Mad Women's Ball | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 7.1/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2021 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | History, Thriller | Drama, History, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Trevor Nunn | Mélanie Laurent |
| Main cast | Ben Miles, Tom Hughes, Stephen Campbell Moore, Nina Sosanya, Judi Dench | Emmanuelle Bercot, André Marcon, Mélanie Laurent, Martine Chevallier, Grégoire Bonnet |
Synopsis
Red Joan
London, England, May 2000. The peaceful life of elderly Joan Stanley is suddenly disrupted when she is arrested by the British Intelligence Service and accused of providing information to communist Russia during the forties.
The Mad Women's Ball
A woman who is unfairly institutionalized at a Paris asylum plots to escape with the help of one of its nurses. Based on the novel 'Le bal des folles' by Victoria Mas.
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