Ben Is Back
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2018 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Peter Hedges |
| Cast | Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton |
| Genre | Drama film |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Ben Is Back | – |
| Español | Regresa a mí | Regresa a mi |
| Français | Ben is Back | – |
| Deutsch | Ben is Back | – |
| Português | Ben Is Back | – |
| Italiano | Ben is Back | – |
| Русский | Вернуть Бена | Vernut Bena |
| 中文（简体） | 本回来了 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 班恩回家 | – |
| 한국어 | 벤 이즈 백 | Ben Ijeu Baek |
| ไทย | Ben Is Back | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Ben Is Back | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Ben Is Back | – |
| 日本語 | ベン・イズ・バック | Ben Izu Bakku |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which unconditional maternal love and the destructive cycle of addiction collide within a single day of fragile return.
■ Synopsis
A mother faces the return of her addicted son and the limits of love, trust, and protection.
■ RECIPE Tags
#AddictionCycle #MaternalLove #TrustAndRelapse #FamilyCrisis #ProtectionLimit
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Can love trust someone who may relapse?
Reason: The family must receive the returning son while knowing that trust itself can become danger.
Related Film: Beautiful Boy - Middle: Can protection become participation in destruction?
Reason: The mother’s devotion is tested by the boundary between saving and enabling.
Related Film: The Basketball Diaries - Core: Can a family rescue someone from a cycle that exceeds the family?
Reason: Addiction is not only personal weakness but a structure that pulls the family into its orbit.
Related Film: Requiem for a Dream
■ Secondary Axes
- One-day reckoning: A short return compresses years of damage, guilt, and unfinished responsibility.
Related Film: Rachel Getting Married - Home as unstable refuge: The family home becomes both shelter and exposure point for buried crisis.
Related Film: August: Osage County
■ Person
- Director: Peter Hedges
- Cast: Julia Roberts, Lucas Hedges, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton
■ Structural Tags
#ReturnStructure #FamilyCrisisStructure #AddictionOrbit
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #2018Film #DramaFilm
