Return to Homs

Name: Return to Homs
Genre: Biography, History, War, Documentary
Released: June 13, 2014
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 85

2014

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| Release Date: June 13, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: A look behind the barricades of the besieged city of Homs, where for nineteen-year-old Basset and his ragtag group of comrades, the audacious hope of revolution is crumbling like the buildings around them.

Director: Talal Derki

Genre(s): Biography, History, War, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 94 min

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Neil Young

Jun 9, 2014

Derki and his experienced editor Anne Fabini have crafted a sober, sobering bulletin of unambiguous intention and undeniable power. Read full review

IndieWire Eric Kohn

Nov 21, 2013

It portrays the struggle from the inside, from about as far from the filter of mainstream media as one can get, capturing tense shootouts and the extremes of revolutionary spirit in unnerving detail. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Jun 9, 2014

What the film lacks in context it gains in visceral eyewitness value. Read full review

The Guardian Leslie Felperin

Oct 26, 2015

Admittedly, there are a lot of documentaries like this, made by citizen journalists recording uprisings in their homelands, but this is one of the best of the recent crop, and a timely reminder of a conflict that's slipped out of the headlines of late. Read full review

Elise Nakhnikian

Jun 9, 2014

The film is a testament to the power of video to document resistance to corrupt and abusive regimes, but it's also a witness to the limits of that power. Read full review

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