The Death of a Lumberjack vs The French Italian

The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.9/10 for The Death of a Lumberjack). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 55m. The Death of a Lumberjack is the older of the two (1973 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The Death of a Lumberjack posterThe Death of a Lumberjack1973 VS The French Italian posterThe French Italian2024
The Death of a LumberjackThe French Italian
Audience score★ 4.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year19732024
Length1h 55m1h 32m
GenresDramaDrama
Country–United States of America
DirectorGilles CarleRachel Wolther
Main castDaniel Pilon, Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Pauline Julien, Marcel SabourinJon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son

Synopsis

The Death of a Lumberjack

This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that…

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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