Barbara vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Barbara). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 45m. Barbara is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Barbara
The French Italian| Barbara | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 45m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Christian Petzold | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Nina Hoss, Rainer Bock, Ronald Zehrfeld, Christina Hecke, Claudia Geisler-Bading | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Barbara
In 1980s East Germany, Barbara is a Berlin doctor banished to a country medical clinic for applying for an exit visa. Deeply unhappy with her reassignment and fearful of her co-workers as possible Stasi informants, Barbara stays aloof, especially from the good natured clinic head, Andre.
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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