Breaking Trail vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 30m. Breaking Trail is the older of the two (2021 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Breaking Trail posterBreaking Trail2021 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
Breaking TrailOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 0.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20212024
Length30m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorJesse RoeslerXandra Popescu
Main castEmily Ford, DigginsGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Breaking Trail

Emily Ford, 28, Black, LGBTQ, sets out with Diggins a borrowed female Alaskan Husky sled dog to become the first woman and person of color to thru-hike the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail in winter. As the 69-day journey through subzero temperatures tests her physical and mental endurance, Emily and her canine protector develop an unbreakable bond as they embrace the unexpected kindness of strangers and discover they've become figureheads in the…

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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