Burt vs The Luminous Life
Burt is the shorter watch at 1h 18m compared with 1h 46m. Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Burt
The Luminous Life| Burt | The Luminous Life | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 0.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 18m | 1h 46m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | Portugal |
| Director | Joe Burke | João Rosas |
| Main cast | Oliver Cooper, Olivia Luccardi, Brenda Vaccaro, John Karna, Louis Lombardi | Ângela Ramos, Francisco Melo, Cécile Matignon, Margarida Dias, Federica Balbi |
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 Luminous Life
It’s springtime in Lisbon and Nicolau turns 24, but he’s not celebrating. Living in his parents’ house, hostage to a dream of being a musician that never comes true and plagued by the ideal image of an ex-girlfriend who left him a year ago and never came back, Nicolau feels incapable of moving forward and inventing a life of his own. He takes odd jobs until the day he discovers that his mother is just as dissatisfied with life as he is. Nicolau…
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