Despite being lethargic at times, it's a rich portrait of people and place.
Return to Ithaca(Retour à Ithaque)
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France, Belgium · 2014
1h 35m
Director Laurent Cantet
Starring Isabel Cristina Santos Téllez, Jorge Perugorría, Fernando Hechavarría, Néstor Jiménez Rodríguez
Genre Drama, Comedy
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Sun is setting on Havana. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of Amadeo after 16 years of exile in Madrid.
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The Hollywood Reporter by David Rooney
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.
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.
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.
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It is a bit stagey, but heartfelt and well acted.
Miami Herald by Rene Rodriguez
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.
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