Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 59m. Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall is the older of the two (2020 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall posterHilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall2020 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf HallOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 7.5/10★ 10.0/10
Year20202024
Length59m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorIan DenyerXandra Popescu
Main castBen Miles, Lydia Leonard, Nathaniel Parker, Shiloh Coke, Hilary MantelGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Hilary Mantel: Return to Wolf Hall

One of the world’s greatest living writers - Hilary Mantel - delves into her past and present, intertwining the themes of the Wolf Hall trilogy with stories from her own life.

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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