Desert Flower vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Desert Flower). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h . Desert Flower is the older of the two (2009 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Desert Flower
The French Italian| Desert Flower | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Sherry Hormann | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Anthony Mackie, Juliet Stevenson, Timothy Spall, Sally Hawkins, Meera Syal | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Desert Flower
The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
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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