Carandiru vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Carandiru). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 25m. Carandiru is the older of the two (2003 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Carandiru
The French Italian| Carandiru | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 25m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Héctor Babenco | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Caio Blat, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Carandiru
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.
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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