No Man's Land vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.3/10 for No Man's Land). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 50m. No Man's Land is the older of the two (1985 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
| No Man's Land | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 1985 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 50m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | Switzerland | United States of America |
| Director | Alain Tanner | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Teco Celio, Jean-Pierre Malo, Michèle Gleizer, Hugues Quester, Jean-Philippe Écoffey | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
No Man's Land
Madeleine, who runs a disco on the French-Swiss border, dreams of going to Paris to pursue a singing career. Her lover, Paul, who makes his living smuggling money, gold and goods across the border, plans to emigrate to Canada. Mali, a pretty young Algerian woman who lives in France and works in Switzerland, would like to be anywhere except where she is. Louis, born on a Swiss farm and trained as a clockmaker, would give anything to leave his…
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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