Return to the Edge of the World (1977)
- Directed by
- Michael Powell
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 6.6 of 10 from 9 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Michael Powell goes back to the remote island of Foula, where he filmed his first major movie forty years earlier. He revisits the landscape and the people, reflecting on how the place and his life have changed.
nostalgicreflectivepersonalslow-pacedmelancholicobservationaltendermeditative
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