A Traveller Family vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage is the older of the two (2024 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

A Traveller Family posterA Traveller Family2026 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
A Traveller FamilyOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 0.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20262024
Length–19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUSGermany
Director–Xandra Popescu
Main cast–Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

A Traveller Family

A Traveller Family' explores the lives of four generations of the Collins family, from Big James Collins, one of the last Traveller tinsmiths in Ireland, to his great-grandniece and great-grandnephew, Catherine and Dan, aged 14 and 16, from actor and activist, Michael and Catherine Collins to Johnny Collins, 20, the first in his extended family to enter third-level education. Through one family's story, the film reflects on changing times…

On the Impossibility of an Homage

Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.

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