Return Home

Return Home (1990)

When going back is the best way forward.

A man and his wife are partners in a small business, a service station, that is struggling to survive financially. They are visited by his brother, a divorced middle-aged man, who has taken a break from his stressful career in a big business corporation.

Date of release
1990-08-02
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama
Director
Ray Argall

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: A$60K
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 2. Including: AACTA Award for Best Direction

Return Home is a 1990 Australian drama film directed by Ray Argall. Argall won the AFI Award for Best Director in 1990 and Frankie J. Holden was nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role.

Production

The film was funded by the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria with no private investment. It was shot in Adelaide over six weeks in February–March 1989 on 16mm but the AFC agreed to blow it up to 35mm.

Argall and the cast rehearsed for four weeks prior to filming. He said he worked on the script for seven years prior to the shoot.

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