Return from Africa (1973)
Original title: Le Retour d’Afrique
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An ode to liberated speech and to the power of words, "those one speaks to others, those one speaks in silence", Alain Tanner's third film is inspired by a poet and a poetic text which deeply affected him as a young director.
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Josée DestoopFrançoise Silvestre
François MarthouretVincent Silvestre
Juliet BertoJuliet, la postière
Anne WiazemskyAnne, la postière
Roger IbáñezEmilio
Roger JendlyMarcelFrançois RouletJardinierSéverine BujardMarcel RobertJean-Pierre MoriaudClaudine BerthetAlain LecoultreMovie DNA
Genre affinityDramaDialogue densityDramaDirector preference357216Actor preference278673 · 293788 · 335306Country preferenceChDecade preference1970
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What is Return from Africa about?
An ode to liberated speech and to the power of words, "those one speaks to others, those one speaks in silence", Alain Tanner's third film is inspired by a poet and a poetic text which deeply affected him as a young director.
How long is Return from Africa?
Return from Africa has a runtime of 108 minutes.