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- Cinema Mondo
- 1 h 32 m
- Cinema Mondo
- 1 h 32 m
Summary Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
Directed By: Laurent Cantet
- Cinema Mondo
- 1 h 32 m
- Cinema Mondo
- 1 h 32 m
Return to Ithaca
65
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Summary Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
Directed By: Laurent Cantet
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 Critic Reviews
65
50% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
50% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Using its characters' memories, loyalties and resentments as vehicles, Return to Ithaca gently expands our understanding of life within a society that, in contrast to our own, did not even pretend to cultivate the idea that its citizens were free.
Return to Ithaca is a bracing and surprisingly vocal expression of angst and frustration by people torn between love for their country and the harsh letdown that resulted from their loyalty.
After Laurent Cantet's Return to Ithaca starts out as one of those frustrating no-access parties, this reunion of five middle-aged friends on a Havana rooftop almost imperceptibly transitions into a richer, more emotionally expansive experience.
It is a bit stagey, but heartfelt and well acted.
This airily shot talkfest doesn’t want for sensitivity, but overestimates viewers’ investment in a quintet of prickly characters whose personal histories take the film’s entire duration to assemble.
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Production Company
Full House,
Orange Studio,
Haut et Court,
Funny Balloons,
Panache Productions,
La Compagnie Cinématographique,
Backup Media,
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge,
Belgacom,
L'Aide aux Cinémas du Monde,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Développement International,
Institut Français
Duration 1 h 32 m
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Awards
São Paulo International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Biarritz International Festival of Latin American Cinema
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
