Underplayed Gems

The Son's Return (1909)

The Son's Return poster
Directed by
D. W. Griffith
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
11 min
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man returns to his family home after being away for a long time. The reunion brings out old feelings and buried tensions.

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What happens

The Son's Return è un cortometraggio muto del 1909 diretto da David W. Griffith. Prodotto e distribuito dalla Biograph Company, il film - girato a Coytesville, New Jersey - uscì nelle sale il 14 giugno 1909. Risulta essere la prima trasposizione cinematografica di un romanzo di Guy de Maupassant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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