The Reader vs Your Eyes Tell
Your Eyes Tell has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 7.5/10 for The Reader). Your Eyes Tell is the shorter watch at 2h 3m compared with 2h 4m. The Reader is the older of the two (2008 against 2020). Both are drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Reader
Your Eyes Tell| The Reader | Your Eyes Tell | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2020 |
| Length | 2h 4m | 2h 3m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance | Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Stephen Daldry | Takahiro Miki |
| Main cast | Lena Olin, Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Alexandra Maria Lara | Kyosuke Yabe, Yoshinori Okada, Jun Fubuki, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Toru Nomaguchi |
Synopsis
The Reader
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
Your Eyes Tell
A tragic accident lead to Akari's blindness, but she clings to life and the smaller pleasures it can still afford her. She meets Rui and begins to talk to him. Rui was once a promising kickboxer, but something happened in his past. Akari's smile brings out a change in Rui. However, the two are connected in more than one way. Rui attempts to do what is right.
Where to watch
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