by Hal Erickson
synopsis
In The Homecoming, adapted from the play by Harold Pinter, Michael Jayston brings his wife Vivien Merchant home to visit his long-estranged family. Jayston's father Paul Rogers is a washout, his uncle Cyril Cusack is on the edge of senility, and his brothers Ian Holm and Terence Rigby are, respectively, a slimy pimp and a brutish boxer. The sparser the dialogue, the thicker the tension in the air. Though British in origin, The Homecoming was presented as part of the American Film Theatre series.
characteristics
- Senility
- Senile
- Uncle
- Wife
- Wives
- Pimp
- Family
- Boxing
- Brother
- Eccentric Families
- Estrangement
- Boxer
