On the Impossibility of an Homage vs Time and Water
On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.9/10 for Time and Water). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 33m. On the Impossibility of an Homage is the older of the two (2024 against 2026). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Time and Water| On the Impossibility of an Homage | Time and Water | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.9/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2026 |
| Length | 19m | 1h 33m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | Germany | – |
| Director | Xandra Popescu | Sara Dosa |
| Main cast | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu | Andri Snær Magnason |
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.
Time and Water
Facing the death of his country’s glaciers and the loss of his beloved grandparents, Icelandic writer Andri Snær Magnason turns his archives into a time capsule to hold what is slipping away — family, memory, time, and water.
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