Silence vs The Best of Youth
The Best of Youth has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.1/10 for Silence). Silence is the shorter watch at 2h 41m compared with 6h 7m. The Best of Youth is the older of the two (2003 against 2016). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Silence | The Best of Youth | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 8.1/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2003 |
| Length | 2h 41m | 6h 7m |
| Genres | Drama, History | Drama, History, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Martin Scorsese | Marco Tullio Giordana |
| Main cast | Tadanobu Asano, Yoshi Oida, Liam Neeson, Issey Ogata, Shinya Tsukamoto | Luigi Lo Cascio, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Riccardo Scamarcio |
Synopsis
Silence
In the 17th century, two Portuguese Jesuit priests travel to Japan in an attempt to locate their mentor, who is rumored to have committed apostasy, and to propagate Catholicism.
The Best of Youth
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
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