On Summer Sand vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.3/10 for On Summer Sand). 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.
On Summer Sand
The French Italian| On Summer Sand | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 42m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Shinya Tamada | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Ken Mitsuishi, Joe Odagiri, Takako Matsu, Fumiya Takahashi | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
On Summer Sand
This story begins with a protagonist whose sense of time has halted due to the grief of losing his son, now abandoned by his wife, and his sudden cohabitation with his 17-year-old niece left behind by his sister. A man who has lost love, a woman who has renounced love, and a girl who knows nothing of love... As they confront their respective pains, their journey of discovering faint sprouts of hope in hearts as parched as summer sand is…
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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