Rodrigo Sepúlveda has directed the upcoming Spanish drama ‘Burning Patience’ which revolves around a young fisherman Mario. But he is not like the other fishermen. He harbors a secret dream inside him.
He aspires to be a poet. But what happens when he gets the job working as a postman for Pablo Neruda during the legendary writer’s exile in Chile?
Andrew Bargsted will be seen portraying Mario in the film with Claudio Arredondo. The film is a Netflix original and is set to release in the United States on December 7, 2022.
Following is the list of similar films to ‘Burning Patience’. As the movie has no particular genre, the list also consists of movies that come from different genres.
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Top 10 Movies Like Burning Patience:
Her (2013)-
Spike Jonze directed this sci-fi romantic drama whose plot revolves around introverted writer Theodore Twombly who in order to get some help in writing buys an Artificial Intelligence system. But as he slowly discovers that the AI is able to learn and adapt things, he begins to fall in love with the AI.
Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson played the writer and the AI respectively. The movie premiered at New York Film Festival on October 12, 2013, and was later released in the United States on December 18 that year.
Emily (2022)-
Emily is Frances O’Connor’s biographical movie that marks her directorial debut. The plot revolves around her fictionalized version of the renowned mid-nineteenth-century writer of the Victorian Era- Emily Brontë.
The plot involves her romantic relationship with William Weightman of which no authentic evidence has not been found. Emma Mackey portrayed Emily in the movie.
It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 9, 2022, and was later released in the United Kingdom on October 14 this year.
Vita & Virginia (2018)-
Vita & Virginia is a biographical romantic movie based on Eileen Atkins’ same-named play of 1992. The plot surrounds the two twentieth-century authors Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West as they develop a love affair despite being married.
The movie premiered at Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2018, and was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on July 5, 2019.
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)-
Bryan Singer directed this biographical musical film whose plot centers on the legendary rock band Queen and its lead vocalist Freddie Mercury as he struggles to cope with s*xuality, ego, and fatal illness while going through skyrocketing success.
Rami Malek portrayed Freddie Mercury in the film for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor. The movie was released on October 24, 2018, in the United Kingdom and on November 2, 2018, in the United.
Becoming Jane (2007)-
This is Julian Jarrold’s biographical romantic movie. The plot surrounds renowned English writer Jane Austen during the days of her trying to be an aspiring writer. But when her parents try to get her married to a wealthy man, Austen finds her freedom in front of potential danger.
Also, the plot involves her lasting love for a poor Irishman Thomas Langlois Lefroy. Anne Hathaway portrayed Jane Austen in the film. It was released on March 9, 2007.
Sylvia (2007)-
Christine Jeffs has directed this British biographical movie that depicts the well-known romance of twentieth-century American poets Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. It chronicles Plath’s life from her meeting with Hughes at Cambridge and her suicide seven years later.
Gwyneth Paltrow and Daniel Craig portrayed Plath and Hughes respectively in the movie. It was released in the United States on October 17, 2003, and in the United Kingdom on January 30, 2004.
La La Land (2016)-
Damien Chazelle directed this romantic musical comedy movie that revolves around a jazz pianist struggling to gain prominence and an aspiring actress falling in love.
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were cast in the lead roles in this Academy Award-nominated movie. It premiered at Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2016.
Before Sunrise (1995)-
This is Richard Linklater’s romantic drama that is the first installment not the critically acclaimed Before trilogy.
The plot follows a man and woman meeting on a Eurail train and deciding to spend the night together in Vienna.
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy portrayed the leading characters in the film. The movie premiered at Sundance International Film Festival on January 19, 1995.
The Truman Show (1998)-
The plot of this psychological satirical comedy movie centers on an insurance salesman who does not know that his whole life including his family members is part of a tv show. But when he gets face to face with the truth, he decides to find an escape.
Jim Carrey portrayed the titular character in the movie. This Academy Award-nominated movie was released in the United States on June 5, 1998.
Piola (2019)-
The plot of this film revolves around best friends trying to find peace amidst the hardships of the world by giving voice to frustrations using rap music. It released on March 12, 2021, in the United States.
