The Homecoming

The Homecoming

6.2IMDb Score
Released:1973-10-29
Genre:Drama
Duration:111 min
Director:Peter Hall
Actors:Paul Rogers, Ian Holm, Cyril Cusack, Terence Rigby, Michael Jayston
Production:Cinévision Ltée, The American Film Theatre

Overview:

In a dreary North London flat, the site of perpetual psychological warfare, a philosophy professor visits his family after a nine-year absence and introduces the four men - father, uncle and two brothers - to his wife.

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