Banzo vs Burt
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for Banzo). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 7m. Banzo is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Banzo
Burt| Banzo | Burt | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Length | 2h 7m | 1h 18m |
| Genres | Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Margarida Cardoso | Joe Burke |
| Main cast | Beatriz Batarda, Carloto Cotta, Albano Jerónimo, Gonçalo Waddington, Hoji Fortuna | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi |
Synopsis
Banzo
1907. Afonso, a doctor, arrives at Principe Island to cure servants from a cocoa plantation “infected” with Banzo, nostalgia of the slaves, who are dying from starvation and suicide. The group is confined to the forest, where Afonso decides to heal them by trying to understand what is affecting their soul. Will he manage to save them?
Burt
Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.