A California Christmas: City Lights vs A Sad and Beautiful World
A Sad and Beautiful World has the higher audience score (8/10 against 6.7/10 for A California Christmas: City Lights). A California Christmas: City Lights is the shorter watch at 1h 45m compared with 1h 50m. A California Christmas: City Lights is the older of the two (2021 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A California Christmas: City Lights
A Sad and Beautiful World| A California Christmas: City Lights | A Sad and Beautiful World | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Lebanon |
| Director | Shaun Paul Piccinino | Cyril Aris |
| Main cast | David Del Rio, Emelia Hartford, Riley Dandy, Daniel Booko, Lorynn York | Camille Salameh, Julia Kassar, Mounia Akl, Hasan Akil, Tino Karam |
Synopsis
A California Christmas: City Lights
Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.
A Sad and Beautiful World
In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasmina find themselves drawn together by a magnetic relationship. As they face an impossible choice between love and survival, they must decide if they want to build a family and chart a path to happiness in Lebanon, despite the tragedies ravaging the country.
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