The Best of Youth vs The Promise

The Best of Youth has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 6.9/10 for The Promise). The Promise is the shorter watch at 2h 13m compared with 6h 7m. The Best of Youth is the older of the two (2003 against 2016). Both are drama, history, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Best of Youth posterThe Best of Youth2003 VS The Promise posterThe Promise2016
The Best of YouthThe Promise
Audience score★ 8.1/10★ 6.9/10
Year20032016
Length6h 7m2h 13m
GenresDrama, History, RomanceDrama, History, Romance
Country–Spain
DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaTerry George
Main castLuigi Lo Cascio, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Riccardo ScamarcioOscar Isaac, Numan Acar, Angela Sarafyan, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Rade Šerbedžija

Synopsis

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.

The Promise

Set during the last days of the Ottoman Empire, a love triangle develops between Mikael, a brilliant medical student, the beautiful and sophisticated artist Ana, and Chris, a renowned American journalist based in Paris.

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