Maddened by His Absence vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.9/10 for Maddened by His Absence). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 38m. Maddened by His Absence is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maddened by His Absence
The French Italian| Maddened by His Absence | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 38m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Belgium | United States of America |
| Director | Sandrine Bonnaire | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | William Hurt, Augustin Legrand, Alexandra Lamy, Jean-François Wolff, Colette Kieffer | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Maddened by His Absence
After ten years, Jacques comes back to France to handle his father’s succession. He had left France to live in the USA to escape a painful past he shared with Mado, his former wife, who in the meantime built a new life with Stéphane and their 7 year old son, Paul. Upon his return, Jacques and Mado meet again; he asks to meet her son Paul; Mado hesitates, then accepts but hides it from her husband. Soon, Paul and Jacques get close and they start…
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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