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Returning to Reims

By Jean-Gabriel Périot

Freely adapted from the eponymous novel by Didier Eribon, Returning to Reims tells in archives an intimate and political story of the French working class from the beginning of the 1950s to today.

Festivals & Awards

César Awards 2023 – Best Documentary Award

Cannes International Film Festival 2021 – Directors’ Fortnight

San Sebastian International Film Festival 2021 – Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Section

NYFF 2021 – Currents Section

Press

An emotional, thought-provoking work

Screen Daily

A fascinating oeuvre of memorial reflection and a virtuoso film in its assembling of very diverse illustrating archives that are always relevant

Cineuropa

What makes Retour so fascinating is the mixture of personal memory and historical research. But most intriguing is the parallel rail of film and commentary: the seventh art as a witness of history. Brilliant.

Filmuforia

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