Movies and TvShows featuring "return-from-the-sea" theme.

When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.

Fanny (1932) is a tragicomedy set in Marseille, France. The film follows the story of Fanny, a pregnant woman who finds herself caught in a moral conflict between love and selfishness. As she navigates her pregnancy without a husband, Fanny grapples with her own ego and the platonic love of an older man. Fanny's journey explores themes of maternal love, societal expectations, and the consequences of selfishness. The film portrays the complex emotions and challenges faced by Fanny as she navigates her pregnancy and finds strength in herself and the love of those around her.