Poetry vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Poetry). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 19m. Poetry is the older of the two (2010 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Poetry
The French Italian| Poetry | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.6/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 19m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Lee Chang-dong | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | David Lee, Park Myung-shin, Jang Hye-jin, Yoon Jeong-hee, Kim Hee-ra | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Poetry
A South Korean woman in her sixties enrolls in a poetry class as she grapples with her faltering memory and her grandson's appalling wrongdoing.
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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