Dancing in the Dust vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Dancing in the Dust). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 35m. Dancing in the Dust is the older of the two (2004 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dancing in the Dust
The French Italian| Dancing in the Dust | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2004 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 35m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Iran | United States of America |
| Director | Asghar Farhadi | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj, Saeed Noorullahi | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Dancing in the Dust
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh. When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist…
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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