The Bench vs The French Italian
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for The Bench). The Bench is the shorter watch at 1h 29m compared with 1h 32m. The Bench is the older of the two (2000 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Bench
The French Italian| The Bench | The French Italian | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.9/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2000 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 29m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Per Fly | Rachel Wolther |
| Main cast | Sarah Boberg, Jens Albinus, Anette Støvelbæk, Jesper Christensen, Nicolaj Kopernikus | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son |
Synopsis
The Bench
Kaj is a stubborn man with a great deal of pride. The former chef lives in a council flat. He has wasted his life and is now on a council job training scheme for the long-term unemployed, where he refuses to let the foreman of the activation project boss him about. When Kaj's daughter, with whom he has not been in touch for nineteen years, moves into the same council estate on the run from her violent husband, a change comes over Kaj. His…
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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