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Back Home

2020 · 77 min

A quiet, emotionally raw return to a rural family home, heavy with unspoken grief and fragile reconnection.

Overview
The prodigal son of a family in turmoil returns home to his French rural home to reconnect with his family and make sense of their dysfunctions.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • grief
  • family
  • isolation
  • guilt
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
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
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jessica Palud
Written by
Diastème, Philippe Lioret, Jessica Palud
Starring
Niels Schneider, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Roman Coustère Hachez, Patrick d'Assumçao, Hélène Vincent, Franck Falise, Jonathan Couzinié, Catherine Salée
Music
Augustin Charnet, Mathilda Cabezas
Cinematography
Victor Seguin
Runtime
77 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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