Return to Paradise vs Shéhérazade
Shéhérazade has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.5/10 for Return to Paradise). Shéhérazade is the shorter watch at 1h 46m compared with 1h 49m. Return to Paradise is the older of the two (1998 against 2018). Both are drama, romance, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Return to Paradise
Shéhérazade| Return to Paradise | Shéhérazade | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 1998 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joseph Ruben | Jean-Bernard Marlin |
| Main cast | David Zayas, Nick Sandow, Vince Vaughn, Vera Farmiga, David Conrad | Dylan Robert, Kenza Fortas, Idir Azougli, Lisa Amedjout, Sofia Bent |
Synopsis
Return to Paradise
Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.
Shéhérazade
Zachary, 17 years old, gets out of jail. Rejected by his mother, he hangs out in the mean streets of Marseille. He falls in love with Shéhérazade, a young prostitute of whom he becomes the pimp without realizing it...
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