Holding the Man vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Holding the Man). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 8m. Holding the Man is the older of the two (2015 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Holding the Man
The French Italian| Holding the Man | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2015 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 8m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Neil Armfield | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Sarah Snook, Guy Pearce, Geoffrey Rush, Anthony LaPaglia, Ryan Corr | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Holding the Man
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
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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