Burt vs The Diary of a Chambermaid
Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 34m. Burt is the older of the two (2025 against 2026). Both are comedy, drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Diary of a Chambermaid| Burt | The Diary of a Chambermaid | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2026 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 34m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Comedy, Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Joe Burke | Radu Jude |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Vincent Macaigne, Ilinca Manolache, Marie Rivière, Mélanie Thierry, Ana Dumitrașcu |
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 Diary of a Chambermaid
Gianina, a young Romanian, works as a housekeeper for a bourgeois family in Bordeaux. In the evenings, she rehearses the role of a maid with an amateur theater troupe in an adaptation of The Diary of a Chambermaid by Octave Mirbeau. She takes care of Louen, her employers’ son, while her own daughter is growing up far from her, in Romania. The maternal absence deepens into a wound but, as Christmas approaches, the promise of a reunion begins to…
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