Gioia vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Gioia). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 48m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Gioia
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema| Gioia | Once Upon a Time in a Cinema | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 48m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Ireland |
| Director | Nicolangelo Gelormini | David Gleeson |
| Main cast | Jasmine Trinca, Valeria Golino, Betti Pedrazzi, Saul Nanni, Laura Mazzi | Colin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien |
Synopsis
Gioia
Gioia is a high school teacher who has never known any other love than the oppressive bond with her own parents, with whom she still lives. One of the students at her school, Alessio, is cashing in on his own body to make a couple of hundred euros to help his mother, a cashier in a supermarket. The relationship that dawns between Gioia and Alessio is forbidden fruit, fragile yet, inexplicably, one they can’t do without. Still, Alessio’s desire…
Once Upon a Time in a Cinema
Earl Clancy, a cinema owner on the edge, battles a series of disasters while juggling personal turmoil and the chaos of a packed Friday night crowd. Told in real time over the course of the movie playing in the cinema.
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