Control vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Control). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 1m. Control is the older of the two (2007 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Control
The French Italian| Control | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2007 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Anton Corbijn | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Harry Treadaway, Toby Kebbell, Samantha Morton, Alexandra Maria Lara, Sam Riley | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Control
The story of Joy Division’s lead singer Ian Curtis, from his schoolboy days in 1973 to his suicide on the eve of the band's first American tour in 1980.
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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