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The Return

2005 · 85 min · Director: Asif Kapadia ★ IMDb 4.7 · 12,919 ratings

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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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The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Confusion, Anxiety. Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.

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Cast

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Joanna Mills

PO
Peter O'Brien

Terry Stahl

KB
Kate Beahan

Michelle

Sam Shepard

Ed Mills

WW
Wally Welch

Snack Stand Vendor

Brad Leland

Mr. Marlin

DM
Darrian McClanahan

Young Joanna Mills

EA
Erinn Allison

Annie

RW
Robert Wilson

Billy

FE
Frank Ertl

Ambrose Miller

BS
Brent Smiga

Higgins

AR
Angela Rawna

Doctor

BG
Bonnie Gallup

Bella

PH
Peyton Hayslip

Laraine

BH
Ben Hamby

Extra

EJ
Erica Jones

Additional Voices

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Glori Renee Euwer

Nurse

JB
Joe Basquez

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
★ IMDb 4.7 · 12,919 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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