Burt vs The Death of a Lumberjack
Burt has the higher audience score (10/10 against 4.9/10 for The Death of a Lumberjack). Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 55m. The Death of a Lumberjack is the older of the two (1973 against 2025). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Death of a Lumberjack| Burt | The Death of a Lumberjack | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 4.9/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 1973 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 55m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Gilles Carle |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Daniel Pilon, Carole Laure, Willie Lamothe, Pauline Julien, Marcel Sabourin |
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.
The Death of a Lumberjack
This meditative French-Canadian film tells the story of a young woman's search for the father she has never known. Marie Chapdelaine (Carole Laure) grew up in a remote area of Quebec without ever knowing her father, a lumberjack. She moves to Montreal, settles in there with a job as a topless dancer and begins her search for him. Eventually, with the help of his former mistress, they find the lumber camp he was working in, only to discover that…
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