Burt vs Mend
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Mend). Mend is the shorter watch at 20m compared with 1h 18m. Mend is the older of the two (2023 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
Mend| Burt | Mend | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.5/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2023 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 20m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | GG FÁKỌ̀LÀDÉ, Roger Ghil |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Elidio Netto, Eliete Miranda, Markus Konká, Royce Luckessy, Jordan Fernandes |
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.
Mend
Zé runs a repair shop where he toils over the dregs and discards of his suburban seaside town. Zé is a black bisexual middle-aged man looking for love, and facing down the invisible traumas of colonialism to find a new kind of freedom. But can he learn to mend his relationship with himself?