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An obvious choice I know, but no other movie is quite so tied up with homesickness as ET: The Extra-Terrestrial. Defining an emotional response is what the best version of Steven Spielberg does:remains the set text for abyssal terror.
” Still, the feeling of missing home and our mothers is wildly relatable – whether it’s tucking into your first cheap and slimy student meal as a fresher, or years later when you have your own children and suddenly find yourself longing for your mother’s nagging voice.One of the many magic tricks Sam Selvon carries off in The Lonely Londoners is to make us so keenly aware of the ache his characters feel at leaving their home in the Caribbean – while only rarely mentioning this sadness.
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