Burt vs El Dorado
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for El Dorado). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 38m. El Dorado is the older of the two (1921 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
El Dorado| Burt | El Dorado | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1921 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 38m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | France |
| Director | Joe Burke | Marcel L'Herbier |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Ève Francis, Jaque Catelain, Marcelle Pradot, Philippe Hériat, Claire Prélia |
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.
El Dorado
In Granada in Spain, Sibilla works as a dancer in a squalid cabaret called El Dorado, struggling to earn enough to care for her sick child. The boy's father Estiria, a prominent citizen, refuses them both help and recognition, fearful of jeopardising the engagement of his adult daughter Iliana to a wealthy nobleman. Iliana however slips away from her engagement party to meet her real lover Hedwick, a Swedish painter. Sibilla, in desperation…