Metello vs The French Italian

The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.8/10 for Metello). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. Metello is the older of the two (1970 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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MetelloThe French Italian
Audience score★ 5.8/10★ 10.0/10
Year19702024
Length1h 47m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–United States of America
DirectorMauro BologniniRachel Wolther
Main castMariano Rigillo, Luigi Diberti, Ottavia Piccolo, Pino Colizzi, Massimo RanieriJon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son

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...

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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