While setting up a school pageant, the parents at an elite private academy in New York City with contrastive lifestyles and professional paths reflect on their lives and marriages.
Arthur Hiller
Director
Beau Bridges
John Morden
Stockard Channing
Iris Morden
Robert Sean Leonard
Chuck Bishop
Mary Stuart Masterson
Nina Bishop
Cybill Shepherd
Claire Laurent
Ron Silver
Leo Rothenberg
Don Francks
Sol Chamberlain
Donna Vivino
Lucy Rothenberg
Diane D'Aquila
Madeleine Rothenberg
Chris Wiggins
Dave
Paul Gross
Jeremy Brimfield
Prajdnik Awasthi’s film uses a mix of metaphor and more grounded details to tell the story of childhood sexual abuse that caused the narrator to close himself off from his father.
The relationship between Will and Sean is the best part of the movie. It’s always a delight to see Robin Williams on screen
Years before Mexican director, Alfonso Cuaron, was winning Academy Awards for movies like Gravity (2013) and Roma(2018), he directed a small, intimate film about two best friends who decide to embark on an improvised road trip to spend time with an older, attractive woman who miraculously agrees to go with them. Y tu Mamá También is a deep journey into the raw sexuality and friendship of the young protagonists, as well as a subtle social and political commentary on Mexico at the time.
A young girl named Hailey Mays sings a country song that is named after the film's title.
Alongside A Drowning Man, I Signed The Petition, 3 Logical Exits, and A World Not Ours, A Man Returned continues to paint a realistic portrait of the Refugee Crisis that eschews the Western gaze and stereotype. These are real portraits painted by a director with lived experience, cultural connection and an amazing eye for visuals.
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