Detachment vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Detachment). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Detachment is the older of the two (2011 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Detachment
The French Italian| Detachment | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Tony Kaye | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, Isiah Whitlock, Jr., Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Detachment
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long enough to form any semblance of sentient attachment.
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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