Revenir (2019)

Revenir (2019). 1h 17m

“They have been always doing that for years:the estranged mother,father, prodigal son or daughter , who comes back ,to her family unit,after a long exile (here in Canada).Here as usual,if we are to believe the screenwriters, Thomas left home because he felt he was not the son his father longed to have .He didnu0026#39;t even come back for his elder brotheru0026#39;s funeral .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBut now death is about to strike again .Thomas u0026#39;s mom is dying ,bedridden in the hospital where his desperate father spends all his days ;and on the farm, the boy meets his widowed sister-in-law,Mona, and her young son ,his six-year-old nephew .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOne may call the (late in the movie) Thomas/Mona affair derivative ,but it preserves the viewer from despair ,for the atmosphere is gloomy ,in direct contrast with the luminous landscapes.Death is not only a thing of the past ,but itu0026#39;s present again and is expected any day now, the father looks like a living dead ,and the farm is not really thriving.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe past resurfaces ;the death of the older brother was a so-called boar hunting accident ;but one of Thomas u0026#39; friends, who saw the scene , affirms itu0026#39;s not what the sonu0026#39;s been told.After the motheru0026#39;s death , itu0026#39;s only natural that Mona was panic-striken when her only son disappears .u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe father u0026#39;s future is abeyance : his elder sonu0026#39;s insurance soaked up debts , but how can a broken man run a farm on his own , at a time when agricuture runs into difficulties?His daughter-in-law is a waitress in a night club .Her son has made friends with his uncle from faraway at first sight : he does not want his young relative to leave for this land across the ocean.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe title is thoroughly justified:it is a come back ,in every sense of the word, and perhaps , some sunlight does break through in the very last pictures.”