Paradise: Love vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Paradise: Love). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 1m. Paradise: Love is the older of the two (2012 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Paradise: Love
The French Italian| Paradise: Love | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Ulrich Seidl | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Maria Hofstätter, Margarethe Tiesel, Peter Kazungu, Inge Maux, Dunja Sowinetz | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Paradise: Love
On the beaches of Kenya they’re known as "Sugar Mamas" —European women who seek out African boys selling love to earn a living. Teresa, a 50-year-old Austrian and mother of a daughter entering puberty, travels to this vacation paradise, moving from beach to beach.
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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