Faces Places vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Faces Places). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 34m. Faces Places is the older of the two (2017 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Faces Places
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Faces Places | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 34m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Agnès Varda, JR | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Agnès Varda, JR, Patricia Mercier, Amaury Bossy, Claude Flaert | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Faces Places
Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
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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