Altiplano vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.2/10 for Altiplano). Altiplano is the shorter watch at 16m compared with 19m. Altiplano is the older of the two (2018 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Altiplano
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Altiplano | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 5.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2024 |
| Length | 16m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Malena Szlam | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | – | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Altiplano
Filmed in the Andean Mountains in the traditional lands of the Atacameño, Aymara, and Calchaquí-Diaguita in Northern Chile and Northwest Argentina, ALTIPLANO takes place within a geological universe of ancestral salt flats, volcanic deserts, and coloured lakes. Fusing earth with sky, day with night, heartbeat with mountain, and mineral with iridescent cloud, ALTIPLANO reveals a vibrating landscape in which a bright blue sun threatens to eclipse…
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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