Sugar vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Sugar). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 46m. The French Italian is the older of the two (2024 against 2026). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Sugar
The French Italian| Sugar | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2026 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 46m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Choi Sin-choon | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Park Cheol-min, Kim Sun-young, Choi Ji-woo, Ko Dong-ha, Min Jin-woong | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
Sugar
A hard-working mom Mira’s 9-year-old son Dong-myung collapses out of the blue due to Type-1 diabetes. Realizing Dong-myung now has to painfully take blood tests 365 days, her heart drops. Mira desperately looks for painless blood sugar monitoring devices globally and ends up importing ‘DexCom’ device, first time ever in Korea. Feeling empathetic to other patients, she begins to help other moms to buy the devices. However, Mira faces accusations…
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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