THEME EXPLORATION

return to hometown

12 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Secret Nation
The Secret Nation
1989 · Jorge Sanjinés
Superman Returns
Superman Returns
2006 · Bryan Singer
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
1986 · Hou Hsiao-hsien
Sinners
Sinners
2025 · Ryan Coogler
The Shadow's Edge
The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Larry Yang
Beatrice
Beatrice
1987 · Bertrand Tavernier
Cumbite
Cumbite
1964 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Confession
Confession
1968 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Die Ruckkehr
Die Ruckkehr
1990 · Margarethe von Trotta
Le Chanteur inconnu
Le Chanteur inconnu
1931 · Henri-Georges Clouzot
Trois places pour le 26
Trois places pour le 26
1988 · Jacques Demy
Va savoir
Va savoir
2001 · Jacques Rivette
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Hou Hsiao-hsien Taiwan

His films like 'The Assassin' and 'A Time to Live and a Time to Die' poignantly explore memory, displacement, and the emotional weight of returning to one's homeland.

 Ken Loach United Kingdom

Works such as 'I, Daniel Blake' and 'Kes' examine working-class life and the struggle of belonging within one's own community and country.

 Hirokazu Koreeda Japan

His masterpiece 'After the Storm' and 'Shoplifters' deeply probe themes of family reunion, nostalgia, and the complexities of returning to childhood homes and relationships.