The Pianist vs Timbuktu
The Pianist has the higher audience score (8.4/10 against 7/10 for Timbuktu). Timbuktu is the shorter watch at 1h 36m compared with 2h 30m. The Pianist is the older of the two (2002 against 2014). Both are drama, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Pianist
Timbuktu| The Pianist | Timbuktu | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.4/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2014 |
| Length | 2h 30m | 1h 36m |
| Genres | Drama, War | Drama, War |
| Country | France | – |
| Director | Roman Polanski | Abderrahmane Sissako |
| Main cast | Thomas Kretschmann, Adrien Brody, Richard Ridings, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman | Ibrahim Ahmed, Toulou Kiki, Layla Walet Mohamed, Abel Jafri, Kettly Noël |
Synopsis
The Pianist
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Timbuktu
Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fisherman.
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