Alam vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.4/10 for Alam). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 49m. Alam is the older of the two (2022 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Alam
The French Italian| Alam | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.4/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 49m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Firas Khoury | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Amer Hlehel, Saleh Bakri, Muhammad Abed Elrahman, Mahmood Bakri, Sereen Khass | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Alam
Despite being part of a young generation of Palestinian Arabs whose families chose to stay and challenge the Israeli state after Al-Nakba, 17-year-old Tamer and his friends are just like any other group of teenage boys. They clumsily search for drugs, flirt with girls, play video games, and slack off at school. However, when a beautiful new student named Maysaa’ joins their class Tamer immediately falls for her and, by association, is drawn…
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…
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