The French Italian vs The Optimist
The French Italian has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for The Optimist). The French Italian is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 42m. The Optimist is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The French Italian
The Optimist| The French Italian | The Optimist | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 42m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Rachel Wolther | Finn Taylor |
| Main cast | Jon Rudnitsky, Sunita Mani, Aristotle Athari, Catherine Cohen, Soojeong Son | Stephen Lang, Robin Weigert, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Stephanie Heiner |
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 Optimist
Herbert Heller keeps his experience as a teenage boy surviving in Auschwitz hidden from his family. Until he meets Abby, a young teenager whose own brush with pain and death inspires him to open up as well, leading the two of them to exchange their stories as a meaningful and healing friendship is born.
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