If you loved The Boat That Rocked, try Baaria

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Baaria has roughly 3.4× fewer votes than The Boat That Rocked — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Boat That Rocked, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Baaria is

Giuseppe Tornatore here attempts the big, multi-generational family drama. It follows Peppino from his 1920s childhood in Sicily through his Communist Party activism and family life. It is, if nothing else, certainly a very long film.

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