Cover-Up vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for Cover-Up). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 57m. 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.

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Cover-UpOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 8.0/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252024
Length1h 57m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorLaura Poitras, Mark ObenhausXandra Popescu
Main castSeymour HershGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Cover-Up

For the past six decades, Seymour Hersh has been at the front lines of political journalism in the U.S. This arresting documentary, released at a crucial moment for the freedom of the press, tells the wide-ranging story of this breakthrough reporter.

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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