Secret Friends vs Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 3.7/10 for Secret Friends). Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll is the shorter watch at 1h 31m compared with 1h 37m. Secret Friends is the older of the two (1991 against 2019). Both are drama, fantasy movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Secret Friends
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll| Secret Friends | Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 3.7/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 1991 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 31m |
| Genres | Drama, Fantasy | Animation, Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Dennis Potter | Haruka Fujita |
| Main cast | Frances Barber, Gina Bellman, Alan Bates, Ian McNeice, Tony Doyle | Aya Endo, Koki Uchiyama, Haruka Tomatsu, Aoi Yuuki, Takehito Koyasu |
Synopsis
Secret Friends
During a train ride, an anxiety attack leads middle-aged illustrator John into an identity crisis. As his marital problems merge and blur into his fantasy life with prostitutes and call girls, a long-dormant secret friend of his childhood surfaces in his delusions.
Violet Evergarden: Eternity and the Auto Memory Doll
Violet Evergarden comes to a private women's academy to tutor Isabella in the ways of being a lady. Heir to the York family, Isabella feels trapped in this new and uncomfortable world. She still grieves for the only person to ever bring her happiness – now lost to her. Violet's lessons do give her a brief respite from the melancholy but with the absence of joy, how long does it take to truly heal?
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