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Return Ticket

1979 · 105 min

A slow, somber immigrant drama that weighs homesickness and sacrifice, leaving a quiet ache.

Genres
Drama
Overview
A young peasant girl, Antonina, emigrates for bread to Canada. She stays with her uncle, who offers her marriage, but Antonina does not accept the offer. She marries a farmer from a nearby village, surreptitiously puts away pennies to pennies and sends to Poland, her son to build a house. When her husband finds out, he catcalls her in a rage and throws her out. She returns to the country, and what does she find?

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • immigration
  • family
  • isolation
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Czesław Petelski, Ewa Petelska
Written by
Jerzy Stefan Stawiński
Starring
Janusz Andrzejewski, Henryk Bąk, Leszek Herdegen, Robert Rogalski, Zofia Saretok, Anna Seniuk, Andrzej Wasilewicz, Krystyna Ciechomska
Music
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Cinematography
Kazimierz Konrad, Stanisław Moszuk
Runtime
105 min
Country
Poland
Languages
Polish

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