Honeyland vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.9/10 for Honeyland). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 29m. Honeyland is the older of the two (2019 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Honeyland posterHoneyland2019 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
HoneylandOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 7.9/10★ 10.0/10
Year20192024
Length1h 29m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
CountryMacedoniaGermany
DirectorLjubomir Stefanov, Tamara KotevskaXandra Popescu
Main castHatidzhe Muratova, Nazife Muratova, Hussein Sam, Ljutvie SamGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Honeyland

When nomadic beekeepers break Honeyland’s basic rule (take half of the honey, but leave half to the bees), the last female beehunter in Europe must save the bees and restore natural balance.

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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