The Best of Youth vs The Rays and Shadows
The Best of Youth has the higher audience score (8.1/10 against 7.5/10 for The Rays and Shadows). The Rays and Shadows is the shorter watch at 3h 19m compared with 6h 7m. The Best of Youth is the older of the two (2003 against 2026). Both are drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Best of Youth
The Rays and Shadows| The Best of Youth | The Rays and Shadows | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.1/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2026 |
| Length | 6h 7m | 3h 19m |
| Genres | Drama, History, Romance | Drama, History |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Marco Tullio Giordana | Xavier Giannoli |
| Main cast | Luigi Lo Cascio, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Claudio Gioè, Riccardo Scamarcio | André Marcon, Vincent Colombe, Jean Dujardin, August Diehl, Elina Löwensohn |
Synopsis
The Best of Youth
After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades.
The Rays and Shadows
Jean and Otto, a French newspaperman and a young German Francophile, are fighting for peace in Europe. Jean’s daughter, Corinne, is launching a brilliant acting career in the film world, but war breaks out and France is occupied. The two friends have a major role to play in this new France. Jean becomes a big press baron and an ardent advocate of collaboration with the occupying forces, while Otto becomes the Reich’s ambassador in Paris…
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