Return to Ithaca (film)

2014 film
  • 31 August 2014 (2014-08-31) (Venice)
  • 3 December 2014 (2014-12-03) (France)
Running time
95 minutesCountryFranceLanguageSpanishBudget€1.2 million[1]Box office$218,537[1]

Return to Ithaca (French: Retour à Ithaque) is a 2014 comedy-drama film directed by Laurent Cantet. The film premiered at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.[2] It was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

Plot

Five friends reunite on a rooftop terrace in Havana to celebrate the return of Amadeo after his 16 years of self-exile in Spain. During the night, they sing, dance, reflect the past and make sense of the present.

Cast

  • Jorge Perugorría as Eddy
  • Isabel Santos as Tania
  • Fernando Hechavarría as Rafa
  • Néstor Jiménez as Amadeo
  • Pedro Julio Díaz Ferran as Aldo

Accolades

The film won the Venice Days Award at the 71st Venice International Film Festival.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Retour à Ithaque". JP's Box-Office.
  2. ^ "Retour a Ithaque wins the Venice Days Award". Associazione Culturale Giornate degli Autori. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Toronto Film Festival Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  4. ^ "Giornate degli Autori - Venice Days". Giornate degli Autori. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  • Return to Ithaca at IMDb
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Films directed by Laurent Cantet
  • Les Sanguinaires (1998)
  • Human Resources (1999)
  • Time Out (2001)
  • Heading South (2005)
  • The Class (2008)
  • 7 Days in Havana (2012)
  • Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang (2012)
  • Return to Ithaca (2014)
  • The Workshop (2017)
  • Arthur Rambo (2021)


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