Saltwater vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Saltwater). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 37m. Saltwater is the older of the two (2000 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Saltwater
The French Italian| Saltwater | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 37m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Conor McPherson | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Eva Birthistle, Brian Cox, Brendan Gleeson, Peter McDonald, Conor Mullen | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Saltwater
An Irish-Italian café owner in a seaside town faces a life crisis, as his wife recently died and he's severely in debt. His oldest son tries to help, but has serious problems of his own, while his younger son and daughter are having troubles in school.
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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