Burt vs Happy End
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for Happy End). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 50m. Happy End is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Happy End| Burt | Happy End | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 50m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Michael Haneke |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Toby Jones, Philippe du Janerand, Isabelle Huppert, Mathieu Kassovitz, Franz Rogowski |
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.
Happy End
A well-to-do French family living in Calais deal with a series of setbacks and crises while paying little attention to the grim conditions in the refugee camps within a few miles of their home.