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Welcome Home

6,6 /10 (7 Votes)
1989 EN 96 min

Overview

Jake died in Vietnam; his family mourned him, then moved on. When he reappears, quite alive, the question is, what must he do and how will his family respond to him?

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Release date

29/09/1989

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7

Popularity

0.3

When the husband you buried 17 years ago shows up on your doorstep, how do you introduce him to the offspring he never knew...and to the man who's taken his place?

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Language

EN

Runtime

96 min

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kevin2019

2026-05-15

⭐ 8

"Welcome Home" has an emotionally charged and magnificently well explored dilemma at its heart. Jake has been dead for 17 years, but when the military make the shocking discovery that he is very much alive this awkward revelation creates a problem for the United States army. Jake is initially kept under wraps, but when the possiblity is discovered that it could in fact be a case of mistaken identity the suspicion now arises that the military is fully aware of the whereabouts of many other Vietnam veterans - this fact is obviously not something they are prepared to publicly acknowledge due to t…

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