On the Impossibility of an Homage vs Scarface: The Al Capone Story
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.5/10 for Scarface: The Al Capone Story). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h . Scarface: The Al Capone Story is the older of the two (2023 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Scarface: The Al Capone Story| On the Impossibility of an Homage | Scarface: The Al Capone Story | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.5/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2023 |
| Length | 19m | 1h |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Germany | – |
| Director | Xandra Popescu | Finlay Bald |
| Main cast | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu | Kristofer Allerfeldt, Miguel Hernández |
Synopsis
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.
Scarface: The Al Capone Story
Alphonse Gabriel Capone, the most infamous gangster of all time. He was cut across the left cheek during a fight when he was young, earning him the moniker "Scarface." He moved to Chicago in 1919 and worked with infamous gangster Johnny Torrio to help run illicit operations there. In the Roaring Twenties, Al Capone ruled an empire of crime in the Windy City: gambling, prostitution, bootlegging, bribery, narcotics trafficking, robbery…
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