Silence of the Sea vs The Captive

Silence of the Sea has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 5.6/10 for The Captive). Silence of the Sea is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 1h 58m. The Captive is the older of the two (2000 against 2024). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Silence of the Sea posterSilence of the Sea2024 VS The Captive posterThe Captive2000
Silence of the SeaThe Captive
Audience score★ 8.5/10★ 5.6/10
Year20242000
Length1h 52m1h 58m
GenresDrama, Mystery, RomanceDrama, Romance
Country––
DirectorSetsuro WakamatsuChantal Akerman
Main castToru Nakamura, Masane Tsukayama, Masato Hagiwara, Kyoko Koizumi, Shiro SanoStanislas Merhar, Sylvie Testud, Olivia Bonamy, Liliane Rovère, Bérénice Bejo

Synopsis

Silence of the Sea

The day before his exhibition, world-renowned painter Tamura discovers that his own work contains a forgery. Meanwhile, the body of a woman with countless ukiyo-e tattoos is discovered at the sea. From the two incidents, the name of Ryuji emerges.

The Captive

Ariane and Simon met down by the water. Simon has managed to prize Ariane away from her friends, a bunch of free and arrogant girls, and move her into his place, with her own room at the end of the hall and her own bathroom next to his. He has taken on Andrée, one of the girls from the bunch by the water, to watch over Ariane, escort her wherever she goes and report back to him on everything she does. Andrée becomes Ariane’s accomplice. She’ll…

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