El Dorado vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for El Dorado). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. El Dorado is the older of the two (1921 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
El Dorado
The French Italian| El Dorado | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1921 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | France | United States of America |
| Director | Marcel L'Herbier | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Ève Francis, Jaque Catelain, Marcelle Pradot, Philippe Hériat, Claire Prélia | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
El Dorado
In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement of his adult daughter Iliana to a wealthy nobleman. Iliana however slips away from her engagement party to meet her real lover Hedwick, a Swedish painter. Sibilla, in desperation…
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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