Homecoming

Apr 14, 1996

1h 45m

★ 6.8

She thought her life was over until they gave her a new beginning

Overview

When their mother disappears, a group of siblings are forced to fend for themselves, and make their way on their own. They eventually meet their grandmother, a loner who is reluctant to take them in.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Merko Production

Showtime Networks

Homecoming Trailers

Cast

Abigail Tillerman

Anne Bancroft

Dicey Tillerman

Kimberlee Peterson

James Tillerman

Trever O'Brien

Maybeth Tillerman

Hanna Hall

Sammy Tillerman

William Greenblatt

Liza Tillerman

Anna Louise Richardson

Windy

Scott Michael Campbell

Eunice Logan

Bonnie Bedelia

Millie (the butcher)

Jacque Lynn Colton

Security Guard

R.D. Reid

Gas Station Attendant

Kenner Ames

Detective Gordo

Richard Fitzpatrick

The film gets under the skin of a very marginalized group: recent immigrants to Hong Kong from Mainland China. Belying the expectation that they will belong in a territory now returned to China's sovereignty, they find themselves lonely, frustrated, poor, and employable only in the most menial jobs, from elevator service staff to prostitution.

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