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The Returned (III)
Drama

The Returned (III)

Drama

Vianne, a feisty, almost seventy-year-old, has received a terminal cancer diagnosis and is determined to die at her home in regional Victoria. Her oldest child Connie, a detached and somewhat hard-headed individual has made the decision to...See moreVianne, a feisty, almost seventy-year-old, has received a terminal cancer diagnosis and is determined to die at her home in regional Victoria. Her oldest child Connie, a detached and somewhat hard-headed individual has made the decision to be her mother's sole, end-of-life carer. The two younger children, Quinn and Amal, both come to keep vigil as Vianne's passing looms. Each child has a different way of grieving - each approach shaped by their individual circumstances and their courage or desire to confront the truth. For Connie, denial and pragmatism allow her to hold grief at arms length. Quinn, a single gay father to Lachie is more of a quiet observer - who possesses an emotional maturity and innate ability to hold space for his mother so she can express her fears, reservations and beliefs. Spirited and passionate Amal, adopted from Sri Lanka as a baby, is the last to arrive at his mother's bedside. The feelings of abandonment he holds for his birthmother suddenly begin to intermingle with the imminent loss of the woman who brought him up as her own. He desperately tries to reconcile his own sense of cultural identity and his place as a brown man who was raised in a white, Western world. As Vianne tackles her impending death with humour and humility, the onus falls on each child to face the inevitable and choose presence and peace, or let this milestone moment pass them by. The film is broken into 3 parts with the same series of events around Vianne's passing seen three times over but from a differing point of view, each one through the lens of the children and their contrasting grief journeys. See less

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Edwina Wren Connie Connie See fewer	Pine Gap (2018)
Louise Siversen Vianne Vianne See fewer	Prisoner (1979)
Dushan Philips Amal Amal See fewer	Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell (2012)
Ben Pfeiffer Quinn Quinn See fewer	The Journey (III) (2014)
Rebecca Bower Maddie Maddie See fewer	Spooky Files (2023)
Jonah Wren Phillips Lachie Lachie See fewer	Sweet Tooth (2021)
Paul Venzo Lawrence Lawrence See fewer	The Returned (III)
Justin Hosking Perry Perry See fewer	Crime & Punishment (I) (2015)
Stephen Phillips Damon Damon See fewer	Thai Cave Rescue (2022)
Hazel Johns Young Connie Young Connie See fewer	The Returned (III)
Dineth Perera Young Amal Young Amal See fewer	The Returned (III)
Charlie Young Young Quinn Young Quinn See fewer	The Returned (III)
Jack Sandle Seamus Seamus See fewer	Knightfall (2017)
Jane Montgomery Griffiths Dr. Dostal Dr. Dostal See fewer	The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (2022)