Donbass vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.4/10 for Donbass). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 57m. Donbass is the older of the two (2016 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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DonbassOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 5.4/10★ 10.0/10
Year20162024
Length57m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorAnne-Laure BonnelXandra Popescu
Main castAnne-Laure BonnelGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Donbass

Anne-Laure Bonnel, a young director and mother of a French family, decides to accompany Alexander, a father of Ukrainian family, to the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine in a pro-Russian zone. At the heart of the war, she captures the terrible images of a deadly conflict and an unprecedented humanitarian disaster.

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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