Rent Free vs Yao
Rent Free has the higher audience score (8.5/10 against 6.6/10 for Yao). Rent Free is the shorter watch at 1h 33m compared with 1h 43m. Yao is the older of the two (2019 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Rent Free
Yao| Rent Free | Yao | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.5/10 | ★ 6.6/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2019 |
| Length | 1h 33m | 1h 43m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Fernando Andrés | Philippe Godeau |
| Main cast | Macon Blair, Bill Wise, Frank Mosley, Lorelei Linklater, Temple Baker | Omar Sy, Fatoumata Diawara, Lionel Louis Basse, Germaine Acogny, Alibeta |
Synopsis
Rent Free
After hitting emotional and financial rock bottom, best friends Ben and Jordan come up with a scheme to spend an entire year living “rent free” with the help of friends, family and strangers alike in a rapidly changing Austin.
Yao
From his village in northern Senegal, Yao is a 13-year-old boy ready to do anything to meet his hero: Seydou Tall, a famous French actor. Invited to Dakar to promote his new book, the latter goes to his country of origin for the first time. To fulfill his dream, the young Yao organizes his fugue and brave 387 kilometers alone to the capital. Touched by this child, the actor decides to flee his obligations and to accompany him home. But on the…