The French Italian vs The Kidnapping of Arabella

The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for The Kidnapping of Arabella). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 47m. The French Italian is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.

The French Italian posterThe French Italian2024 VS The Kidnapping of Arabella posterThe Kidnapping of Arabella2025
The French ItalianThe Kidnapping of Arabella
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 7.5/10
Year20242025
Length1h 32m1h 47m
GenresDramaDrama
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorRachel WoltherCarolina Cavalli
Main castJon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong SonMonica Nappo, Benedetta Porcaroli, Chris Pine, Roberto Zibetti, Roberta da Soller

Synopsis

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…

The Kidnapping of Arabella

Holly spends days at her dead-end job fantasizing about holes in the space-time continuum and wondering where her life went wrong. When she meets Arabella, an eight-year-old rebel hoping to run away from her self-absorbed author father, Holly becomes convinced their meeting is a cosmic sign, and that Arabella is, in fact, her past self sent back for a second chance. The two embark on an unconventional road trip between two lost souls who might…

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