The Quiet American vs Where Hands Touch
Where Hands Touch has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.5/10 for The Quiet American). The Quiet American is the shorter watch at 1h 41m compared with 2h 2m. The Quiet American is the older of the two (2002 against 2018). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Quiet American
Where Hands Touch| The Quiet American | Where Hands Touch | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2002 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 41m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, Thriller, War | Drama, Romance, War |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Phillip Noyce | Amma Asante |
| Main cast | Brendan Fraser, Rade Šerbedžija, Michael Caine, Holmes Osborne, Ngo Quang Hai | Abbie Cornish, Tom Goodman-Hill, Christopher Eccleston, Natasha Little, Amandla Stenberg |
Synopsis
The Quiet American
Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
Where Hands Touch
Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a prominent Nazi soldier, and they form an unlikely connection in this quickly changing world.
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