Metello vs Once Upon a Time in a Cinema

Once Upon a Time in a Cinema has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for Metello). Once Upon a Time in a Cinema is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. Metello is the older of the two (1970 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Metello posterMetello1970 VS Once Upon a Time in a Cinema posterOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema2026
MetelloOnce Upon a Time in a Cinema
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year19702026
Length1h 47m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–Ireland
DirectorMauro BologniniDavid Gleeson
Main castMariano Rigillo, Luigi Diberti, Ottavia Piccolo, Pino Colizzi, Massimo RanieriColin Morgan, Andrew Bennett, Niamh Cusack, Stanley Townsend, Liam O'Brien

Synopsis

Metello

The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...

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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