Anti-Squat vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6/10 for Anti-Squat). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 34m. Anti-Squat is the older of the two (2023 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Anti-Squat posterAnti-Squat2023 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
Anti-SquatOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 6.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20232026
Length1h 34m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorNicolas SilholDavid Gleeson
Main castLouise Bourgoin, Frédéric Maranber, Muriel Solvay, Paul Minthe, Antoine GouyColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Anti-Squat

Paris, today. 38 y.o. Inès, mother of teenage Adam whom she is raising alone, is threatened with eviction. She absolutely must get a stable job to find them a place to live. She is taken on 2 months trial at “Anti-Squat,” a start-up company offering temporary housing in empty suburban office buildings. But the rules are very strict and the tenants have no rights. As a manager, Inès must live and sleep in the building to monitor the residents…

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.

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