La La Land vs The Names of Love
La La Land has the higher audience score (7.9/10 against 7.3/10 for The Names of Love). The Names of Love is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 2h 9m. The Names of Love is the older of the two (2010 against 2016). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| La La Land | The Names of Love | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.9/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2016 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 9m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Damien Chazelle | Michel Leclerc |
| Main cast | Rosemarie DeWitt, Ryan Gosling, J.K. Simmons, Emma Stone, Sonoya Mizuno | Camille Chalons, Carole Franck, Jacques Boudet, Zinedine Soualem, Sara Forestier |
Synopsis
La La Land
Mia, an aspiring actress, serves lattes to movie stars in between auditions and Sebastian, a jazz musician, scrapes by playing cocktail party gigs in dingy bars, but as success mounts they are faced with decisions that begin to fray the fragile fabric of their love affair, and the dreams they worked so hard to maintain in each other threaten to rip them apart.
The Names of Love
Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got…
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