A Season in Hakkari vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for A Season in Hakkari). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. A Season in Hakkari is the older of the two (1983 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
A Season in Hakkari
The French Italian| A Season in Hakkari | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1983 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Turkey | United States of America |
| Director | Erden Kıral | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Şerif Sezer, Zeynep Irgat, Genco Erkal, Erkan Yücel, Rana Cabbar | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
A Season in Hakkari
An urban Turkish teacher is transferred for political reasons to a backward Kurdish village in the mountains near the Iranian border. He is welcomed with distrust, but during that harsh year the mutual cultural misunderstandings fade away.
The French Italian
Doug and Valerie have made a mistake. Their hate-fueled obsession with the jerks downstairs — who always seem to be singing karaoke in a brownstone, who even does that? — recently led them to flee the city for Doug’s parents’ place upstate, giving up a great deal on a rent-stabilized apartment. Their friends are horrified, and regret is setting in. They start plotting their revenge— and before they know it, they’re staging an off-Broadway play…
Where to watch
Where to watch A Season in HakkariWhere to watch The French Italian
More like A Season in Hakkari · More like The French Italian · Compare other titles