Strangeness vs The Illusion
Strangeness has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.8/10 for The Illusion). Strangeness is the shorter watch at 1h 43m compared with 2h 11m. Strangeness is the older of the two (2022 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood. Both feature Aurora Quattrocchi, Toni Servillo, Salvatore Ficarra.
| Strangeness | The Illusion | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2022 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 2h 11m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, History | Comedy, Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Roberto Andò | Roberto Andò |
| Main cast | Luigi Lo Cascio, Giordana Faggiano, Aurora Quattrocchi, Galatea Ranzi, Toni Servillo | Pascal Greggory, Aurora Quattrocchi, Toni Servillo, Tommaso Ragno, Salvatore Ficarra |
Synopsis
Strangeness
During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets two gravediggers-turned-playwrights rehearsing a play with their amateur dramatics. Pirandello takes an interest in the odd couple, having been suffering from writer's block while working on his eventual masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author.
The Illusion
1860. Giuseppe Garibaldi began from Quarto the adventure of the Thousand surrounded by the enthusiasm of the young idealists who had come from all regions of Italy, and with his loyal group of officers, among whom a new profile stands out, that of Palermo Colonel Vincenzo Giordano Orsini. Among the many militiamen recruited were two Sicilians, Domenico Tricò, a farmer who had emigrated to the North, and Rosario Spitale, an illusionist. Having…
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