
A Home Far Away
2012, English. Directed by Peter Entell.
The extraordinary destiny of two people. After the Second World War, Lois is an actress in Broadway theatre, television and Hollywood films. Her husband, Edgar Snow, is world famous. A pioneer fascinated by China, he is the first journalist to film and interview Mao Tse-tung. Suspected by the American authorities of Communist sympathies, Ed and Lois are blacklisted. Together with their two small children, they go to Switzerland, mid-way between China and America, where they find a new home. A story of revolution, utopia, disillusionment, and hope.
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- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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A Home Far Away is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India.
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- 1 April 2012
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- Switzerland
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A Home Far Away runs 100 minutes (1h 40m).
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A Home Far Away is streaming on DocAlliance Films in India. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Home Far Away?
If you liked A Home Far Away, try Come See Me in the Good Light, Seduced and Abandoned, As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty.
Who directed A Home Far Away?
A Home Far Away (2012) was directed by Peter Entell and stars Lois Wheeler Snow, Edgar Snow, Mao Zedong.