Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 38m. On the Impossibility of an Homage is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore posterMarlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore2025 VS On the Impossibility of an Homage posterOn the Impossibility of an Homage2024
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone AnymoreOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 7.3/10★ 10.0/10
Year20252024
Length1h 38m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorShoshannah SternXandra Popescu
Main castHenry Winkler, Lauren Ridloff, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Randa HainesGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

In 1987, Marlee Matlin became the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award and was thrust into the spotlight at 21 years old. Reflecting on her life in her primary language of American Sign Language, Marlee explores the complexities of what it means to be a trailblazer.

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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