Maidan vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.8/10 for Maidan). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 2h 10m. Maidan is the older of the two (2014 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Maidan
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Maidan | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2014 | 2024 |
| Length | 2h 10m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | Sergei Loznitsa | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | – | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Maidan
A chronicle of the civil uprising against the regime of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych that took place in Kyiv in the winter of 2013/14. The film follows the progress of the revolution: from peaceful rallies, half a million strong in the Maidan square, to the bloody street battles between protesters and riot police.
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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