Beat the Lotto vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Beat the Lotto). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 21m. On the Impossibility of an Homage is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Beat the Lotto
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Beat the Lotto | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 21m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Ross Whitaker | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Stefan Klincewicz | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Beat the Lotto
When downtrodden 1980s Ireland inaugurated a National Lottery, the people began to dream. For Stefan, it was an obsession. Seeing a flaw in the system, he attempted to fix the draw but the heist became public and the lottery tried to stop him, dividing the nation on a very public caper.
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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