Homecoming (2023)

12/07/2023 (FR)•Drama•1h 50m

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Kheìdidja, in her forties, works for a wealthy Parisian family who offers her the opportunity to take care of their children for a summer in Corsica. It's an opportunity for her to return with her daughters, Jessica and Farah, to the island they left fifteen years earlier in tragic circumstances.

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Aissatou Diallo Sagna
Kheìdidja
Esther Gohourou
Farah
Suzy Bemba
Jessica
Lomane de Dietrich
Gaia
Cédric Appietto
Marc-Andria
Marie-Ange Geronimi
Michelle
Harold Orsoni
Orso
Jean Michelangeli
Virginie Ledoyen
Sylvia

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A review by Lachlan Thiele

5.0

Written by Lachlan Thiele on May 18, 2023

EXT. HOW TO MAKE A CANNES MOVIE – NIGHT Homecoming (Le Retour) was my final screening on the second day at Cannes 2023, and I had yet to be blown away by a film, but Homecoming had a premise that interested me. A woman flees her home due to 'tragic circumstances' but returns many years later with her two daughters. This 'circumstance' intrigued me; the film opens with that moment, Kheídidja and her two daughters leave Corsica, but the reason isn't presented to us; this motive was to be developed and revealed over the 2-hour run time. Homecoming's most significant strength is the relation...