On the Impossibility of an Homage vs So This Is Christmas
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8/10 for So This Is Christmas). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 26m. So This Is Christmas 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
So This Is Christmas| On the Impossibility of an Homage | So This Is Christmas | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2023 |
| Length | 19m | 1h 26m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Germany | – |
| Director | Xandra Popescu | Ken Wardrop |
| Main cast | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu | – |
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.
So This Is Christmas
Illuminating the challenges often unseen beyond the toys, trees and tinsel, people in a small Irish village reflect on their difficult relationships with Christmas. "So This Is Christmas" is a heartwarming and charming portrait from award-winning director Ken Wardrop, which perfectly exemplies his innate ability to tell the stories of ordinary people, depicting their thoughts, feelings and experiences in an empathetic way. Beautifully rendered…
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