Breakthrough vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Breakthrough). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 56m. Breakthrough is the older of the two (2019 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Breakthrough
The French Italian| Breakthrough | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2019 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 56m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Roxann Dawson | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Sam Trammell, Mike Colter, Alissa Skovbye, Josh Lucas, Dennis Haysbert | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Breakthrough
Tragedy strikes when a woman named Joyce's son falls through the ice on a frozen lake and is trapped underwater for over 15 minutes. After being rushed to the hospital, the 14-year-old boy continues to fight for his life as Joyce, her husband and their pastor stay by his bedside and pray for a miracle.
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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