A Gang Story vs The Departed
The Departed has the higher audience score (8.2/10 against 6.8/10 for A Gang Story). A Gang Story is the shorter watch at 1h 42m compared with 2h 31m. The Departed is the older of the two (2006 against 2011). Both are crime, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Gang Story
The Departed| A Gang Story | The Departed | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2006 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 2h 31m |
| Genres | Crime, Drama | Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Country | France | Hong Kong |
| Director | Olivier Marchal | Martin Scorsese |
| Main cast | Lionnel Astier, Tchéky Karyo, François Levantal, Gérard Lanvin, Dimitri Storoge | Anthony Anderson, James Badge Dale, Vera Farmiga, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio |
Synopsis
A Gang Story
After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing cherries. The two of them inevitably got involved in organized crime. The team they formed, the Ganf Des Lyonnais, made them the most notorious armed robbers of the early 1970s. Their…
The Departed
To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.
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