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The Homecoming
Why this pick
Harold Pinter’s icy, theatrical family chamber piece shares the brittle domestic rituals, buried resentments, and unnerving power shifts of Richardson’s Albee adaptation.
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MOVIE1973 2h 13m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
In their nice Connecticut home, Agnes and Tobias have grown used to the imperfection and fragility of their marriage. Quietly nursing their grief over the death of their son, they get by well enough together. Agnes' boozy sister wanders in and out, and they allow anxiety-stricken friends to move into an upstairs room. But, when their daughter, Julia, shows up announcing her fourth divorce, long-repressed emotions come to the surface.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Katharine Hepburn
Agnes
Paul Scofield
Tobias
Lee Remick
Julia
Kate Reid
Claire
Joseph Cotten
Harry
Betsy Blair
Edna