Tolkien vs Where Hands Touch
Where Hands Touch has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 6.9/10 for Tolkien). Tolkien is the shorter watch at 1h 52m compared with 2h 2m. Where Hands Touch is the older of the two (2018 against 2019). Both are drama, romance, war movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Tolkien
Where Hands Touch| Tolkien | Where Hands Touch | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 7.9/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2018 |
| Length | 1h 52m | 2h 2m |
| Genres | Drama, Romance, War | Drama, Romance, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Dome Karukoski | Amma Asante |
| Main cast | Harry Gilby, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Mimi Keene | Abbie Cornish, Tom Goodman-Hill, Christopher Eccleston, Natasha Little, Amandla Stenberg |
Synopsis
Tolkien
England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.
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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