Please call risk management at 6072743285 if you have any questions. In ithaca, meg ryan and tom hanks reunite for a war. Return to ithaca 2014 five old friends gather on a rooftop in havana to dance, drink rum, and make sense of the past and present. After struggling against the gods and his fate for more than twent. It looks to be a touching, special comingofage story. Since songs play a significant role in return to ithaca and in the detective fiction of leonardo padura, we asked him to compile a playlist to usher you into the. Return to ithaca retour a ithaque 2014 trailer english subs. Based on pulitzer prizewinning author william saroyans 1943 novel the human comedy, ithaca is a comingofage story about the exuberance of youth, the abruptness of change, the sweetness of life. Ithaca 2015 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Watch return to ithaca full movie in hd visit sun is setting on havana. With his older brother off to war, fourteenyearold telegram messenger homer macauley comes of age in the summer of 1942. Although he is only fourteen years old, he has many goals and. Homer macauley is a bicycle telegraph messenger in ithaca. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of amadeo after 16 years of ex. The novel emphasises the repetition of history, the illusion of chronological time and the similarity of. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies.
A nauseainducing film of simplistic primitivism, return to ithaca is laurent cantets contribution to the debunking of the myth of caribbean socialism as if there were any illusions left. And this is exactly what the film retour a ithaque in the original or return to ithaca in english does. Isabel santos, jorge perugorria, fernando hechavarria rating. Project ithaca is a think movie that carefully connects the details of a rather intensely intricate storyline much in the same way that 2016s arrival film connected to audiences. Fourteenyearold homer is the messenger of death in ithaca. The film stars alex neustaedter, jack quaid, meg ryan, sam shepard, hamish linklater and tom hanks. Winner of the best film prize at venice days, the indie sidebar of the venice film festival, return to ithaca is the first film made in cuba albeit directed by palme dorwinning french filmmaker laurent cantet that deals directly with the shattered dreams of the generation that came of age on the island during the cuban revolution. In the movie, meg and tom play the parents of 14yearold homer, who becomes a messenger during wwii. Return to ithaca is a realistic and modernistic retelling of homers odyssey and illustrates the moral dilemma after world war ii does good ends justify the means. This film realistically captured the america that was, a frozen moment in time that would never be the same. Five friends have gathered to celebrate amadeos return after 16 years of exile.
But despite appearances, laurent cantets new film turns out to be an amazingly astute. Get ithaca dvd and bluray release date, trailer, movie poster and movie stats. Ithaca 2016 during the summer of 1942, a 14yearold alex neustaedter looks after his widowed mother meg ryan and two siblings while working as a bicycle messenger. Retour a ithaque is a 2014 comedydrama film directed by laurent. I did appreciate the storyline after all its points were resolved, though i feel viewers might not endure the entire run if. With alex neustaedter, meg ryan, sam shepard, hamish linklater. Return to ithaca online subtitrat filme online 2015. As for what the movie is actually about, ithaca is an adaptation of the 1943 book the human comedy about an american boy who becomes a bike messenger in his small town at the height of world war ii, meaning he ends up delivering lifealtering letters to people on a regular basis. May 25, 2020 eli hayes, the celebrated filmmaker and letterboxd user, has died at the age of 26. Cinema scope tiff 2014 return to ithaca laurent cantet. Our country went from childhood to adulthood in the same way and as quickly as the young boy, homer, in this movie who suddenly went from being 14 years old to being the man of the house.
Retour a ithaque return to ithaca 2014 rotten tomatoes. Aug 24, 2017 laurent cantet, director of the class, zeroes in on a havana roof terrace for this wistful chamber piece in which old friends meet up to drink, reminisce and exhume old secrets. They come under attack from the vengeful family members of the dead suitors, but laertes, reinvigorated by his sons return, successfully kills antinouss father and puts a stop to the attack. School of music film is sponsored in part by the national endowment for the arts as part of our sabor latino program celebrating the best in alternative and independent spanish language cinema. I did appreciate the storyline after all its points were resolved, though i feel viewers might not endure the entire run if patience is an issue. The film premiered at the 71st venice international film festival. Financial analysis of ithaca 2016 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Maneki films full house, borsalino productions full house genre.
We are in the sadomarxist island of cuba, where any human right is cruelly crushed bar those of being able to have a house, a healthy and long life, and. Ithaca also marks ryans return to the big screen after a bit of a hiatus. Jul 28, 2016 ithaca, megs directorial debut, brings these two veteran actor back together again. The film premiered at the 71st venice international. Meg ryan hits film festivals with directorial debut ithaca.
Meg ryan is returning to television after 30 years tv guide. Five friends gather to celebrate the return of amadeo after 16 years of exile. Return to ithaca was written by a young woman who, five months after her stroke, was living independently and attending classes at cornell university. He travels to the outskirts of ithaca to see his aging father, laertes. Sep 06, 2016 a rmed with decades of acting experience, a rolodex full of highprofile industry colleagues, and the rights to a pulitzer prizewinning novel, meg ryan enjoyed plenty of advantages in making ithaca, her directorial debut, so, while it would be unfair to expect her to produce a masterpiece her first time out, the total ineptitude on display here is still genuinely stunning. Inevitably, secrets are disinterred and the film saves a major confrontation for the big finish. Ithaca is a 2015 american drama film directed by meg ryan and written by erik jendresen. Reading it simply underscored the reality of my husbands condition and reflected a sharp contrast between someone who regained language function and someone who has not and probably never will. Return to ithaca ends about nine months after the stroke when the author had indeed returned to ithaca to begin once again a new life. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. Oct 21, 2015 meg ryan is hitting the film festival circuit with her directorial debut ithaca, based on william saroyans the human comedy. Commentary this is a concise, clearly written story of one young womans triumph over the disabilities of a severe stroke.
Meg ryan returns to tv in epix series picture paris tv guide. It is based on the 1943 novel the human comedy by william saroyan. Its a film draped in regret and guilt, perhaps more so than any other of cantets films, even heading south 2005, which seems to offer the flipside perspective of exploitation. We are in the sadomarxist island of cuba, where any human right is cruelly crushed bar those of being able to have a house, a healthy and long life, and a free education. Fourteenyearold homer macauley is determined to be the best and fastest bicycle telegraph messenger anyone has ever seen.
Tom hanks and meg ryan reunite in first trailer for. Meg ryan, tom hanks may reunite for ithaca film, her. Hayes was a native of milwaukee and a graduate of ithaca college. Is it more difficult to stay, to leave or to return.
Oct 12, 2015 a terrace overlooking havana, the sunset. Meg ryan hits film festivals with directorial debut. Sep 09, 2016 ithaca, meg ryans directorial debut, is a quiet, bittersweet adaptation of the william saroyan novel the human comedy, a story about a 14yearold named homer who delivers telegrams. Retour a ithaque is a 2014 comedydrama film directed by laurent cantet. Any federal aid recipient who takes a leave of absence or withdraws within the ninth week should be aware that a return of federal aid may be required even though full tuition, room, and board charges will be incurred. Five friends are gathered to celebrate the return of amadeo after 16 years of exile in madrid. While she has been making appearances in shows such as web therapy and curb your enthusiasm, her last film credit was. Meg ryans ithaca misses the pathos of the human comedy. With jorge perugorria, isabel santos, nestor jimenez, fernando hechavarria. It was screened in the special presentations section of the 2014 toronto international film festival.
The film was released on september 9, 2016, by momentum pictures. Return to ithaca french auteur laurent cantet makes a thoughtful but lethargic return with this politicallytinged, havanaset talkfest. Sep 06, 2014 return to ithaca is about constricted dreams, its characters obsessed with examining what could have been different had they only made different choices. Cantents sensitive exploration of ageing and friendship offers an insight into the traumas of time, looking at how five old friends expectations of their lives have panned out over the years. Ithaca on dvd october 4, 2016 starring meg ryan, sam shepard, melanie griffith, jack quaid. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing return to ithaca near you. Everything you need to know about ithaca movie 2016. From dusk to dawn, they reminisce about their youth, the. Nov, 2015 return to ithaca synopsis from dusk to dawn they reminisce about their youth, the group they used to be, the faith they had in the future. Return to ithaca is a 2014 comedydrama film directed by laurent cantet. The film is set at sunset on a terrace overlooking havana. Please be sure the student film shoot request form contains the complete name, address and method to receive the certificate of insurance. Rent ithaca 2016 starring sam shepard and hamish linklater on dvd and bluray.