Burt vs Jofroi
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.7/10 for Jofroi). Jofroi is the shorter watch at 48m compared with 1h 18m. Jofroi is the older of the two (1934 against 2025). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Jofroi| Burt | Jofroi | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.7/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1934 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 48m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Marcel Pagnol |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Vincent Scotto, Henri Poupon, Annie Toinon, Odette Roger, Charles Blavette |
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.
Jofroi
Jofroi sells his orchard to Alphonse. Alphonse wants to use the land for crops, so he starts to cut down the trees. Jofroi is furious: how can someone cut down those trees? He threatens to commit suicide so that the small town will blame Alphonse and Alphonse’s life will be miserable. Alphonse, the curate, the teacher, and some of the townsfolk spend the rest of the movie trying to keep Jofroi from committing suicide…