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Homecoming (2023)

Jul 12, 2023 Drama 1h 50m
63%
User Score
6.2/10
76%
63/100

Overview

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.

Catherine Corsini
Director
Naïla Guiguet
Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Aissatou Diallo Sagna
Aissatou Diallo Sagna

Kheìdidja
Esther Gohourou
Esther Gohourou

Farah
Suzy Bemba
Suzy Bemba

Jessica
Lomane de Dietrich
Lomane de Dietrich

Gaia
Cédric Appietto
Cédric Appietto

Marc-Andria
Marie-Ange Geronimi
Marie-Ange Geronimi

Michelle
Harold Orsoni
Harold Orsoni

Orso
Jean Michelangeli
Jean Michelangeli
Virginie Ledoyen
Virginie Ledoyen

Sylvia

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A review by Lachlan Thiele
Written 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 relationship between the two daughters, Jessica and Farah, and their mother. While I thought this film would be a character piece focusing on Kheídidja' tragic circumstance' for leaving, the film moves on...

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