A film by Xandra Popescu. „On the Impossibility of an Homage“ celebrated its world premiere in the Pardi di Domani section at the Locarno Film Festival 2024.
Who is responsible for a portrait, the painter or the subject? Ion was a rockstar of ballet in communist Romania. When discussing the possibility of a film being made about him, he is overjoyed. He’s been dreaming there’d be one some day.
A microFILM (Romania) and Hello Trouble (Romania) production in co-production with Komplizen Film (Germany).
Ion Tugearu
Mirela Simniceanu
Cristian Susu
Gabriela Durleci
Directed by
Xandra Popescu
Screenplay
Xandra Popescu
Director of Photography
Pedro Bordaberry
Editing
Ana Branea
Cătălin Cristuțiu
Xandra Popescu
Sound mixing
Lorenz Fischer
Original Sound
Laurențiu Coțac
Sound Design
Florentin Tudor
Production manager
Mirela Țugui
Executive Producer
Diana Caravia
Carla Fotea
Koproduzent*innen
Co-producer
Jonas Dornbach (Komplizen Film)
Producers
Xandra Popescu (Hello Trouble)
Ada Solomon (microFILM)
Locarno Film Festival