The Return
2005 · 85 min · Director: Asif Kapadia
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The restless sales representative of a transport company Joanna Mills travels from Saint Louis to Texas in a business trip. She is haunted by violent visions and after meeting her client, she visits her lonely father. On the next morning, she decides to visit La Salle, a small town where she has never been before, but she had recollections of many locations. She lodges in a hotel and later she meets and is befriended by the local widower Terry Stahl, who helps her from an aggression. Her daydreams and nightmares increase and she becomes obsessed for disclosing the truth about her visions of a brutal murder of a woman in a barn. Along her investigation, Joanna gets close to the killer and feels that her life is in danger.
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The Return (2005) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Confusion 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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Cast
Snack Stand Vendor
Young Joanna Mills
Annie
Billy
Ambrose Miller
Higgins
Doctor
Bella
Laraine
Extra
Additional Voices
Nurse
Mr. Marlin's Crony (uncredited)
Details
- Directed by
- Asif Kapadia
- Written by
- Adam Sussman
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2005
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Fear
- Data updated
Where to watch
Rent
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