Dogtooth vs The French Italian

The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.1/10 for Dogtooth). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Dogtooth is the older of the two (2009 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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DogtoothThe French Italian
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 10.0/10
Year20092024
Length1h 38m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–United States of America
DirectorYorgos LanthimosRachel Wolther
Main castAngeliki Papoulia, Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Hristos Passalis, Mary TsoniJon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son

Synopsis

Dogtooth

Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet. The trio spend their days listening to endless homemade tapes that teach them a whole new vocabulary. Any word that comes from beyond their family abode is instantly assigned a new meaning. Hence 'the sea' refers to a large armchair and 'zombies' are little yellow flowers. Having invented a brother whom they claim to have ostracized for his…

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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