Burt vs Carandiru
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.6/10 for Carandiru). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 2h 25m. Carandiru is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Carandiru| Burt | Carandiru | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.6/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2003 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 2h 25m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Héctor Babenco |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Caio Blat, Wagner Moura, Lázaro Ramos, Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos |
Synopsis
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.
Carandiru
When a doctor decides to carry out an AIDS prevention program inside Latin America’s largest prison: the Casa de Detenção de São Paulo - Carandiru, he meets the future victims of one of the darkest days in Brazilian History when the State of São Paulo’s Military Police, with the excuse for law enforcement, shot to death 111 people. Based on real facts and on the book written by Dráuzio Varella.