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Many cried, but they also laughed, as the service felt like a homecoming — one last leap for Harris into the unknown.

Here, Guiraudie takes an even harder pivot from the typical gay homecoming story but gets closer to the truth than any other recent film tackling the same subject.

He noted that Essayli had previously served as a prosecutor in the same office and called his return a “homecoming.”

The sculpting of a more inclusive contemporary identity is, according to acclaimed designer David Abraham, a homecoming and "a reclamation of pride and value".

In the weeks to come, the Tideline would post headlines from a reality far removed from homecoming games and student awards: