Los bárbaros vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Los bárbaros). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. The French Italian is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| Los bárbaros | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Javier Barbero Montes, Martín Guerra | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Greta Fernández, Àlex Monner, Eliza Rycembel, Inga Chmurzyńska, Job Mansilla | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Los bárbaros
In the year of the crisis, four young people attempt to make a home by squatting in an unfinished building – a paradoxical limbo amid the real-estate bubble, where they willingly remain on the fringes of it all.
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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