Burt vs Dancing in the Dust
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Dancing in the Dust). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 35m. Dancing in the Dust is the older of the two (2004 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Dancing in the Dust| Burt | Dancing in the Dust | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2004 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 35m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Asghar Farhadi |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Faramarz Gharibian, Yousef Khodaparast, Baran Kosari, Jalal Sarhad Seraj, Saeed Noorullahi |
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.
Dancing in the Dust
When forced to divorce his wife by family and social pressure because her mother is a prostitute, Nazar works double shifts to pay back the loan he took out for his impulsive wedding and to pay some ongoing restitution to his sweet jilted bride, Reyhaneh. When he falls behind in the payments he flees the police and ends up in the desert with an uncommunicative old man who catches poisonous snakes for their venom. These two are forced to coexist…
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