I'm Going Home

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-09-12

Languages:

French, English

Countries:

France, Portugal

Runtime:

90 min

IMDB Ratings:

(1374 Reviews)

Director:

Manoel de Oliveira

Genres:

Comedy Drama

Cast:

Michel Piccoli Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich Antoine Chappey

Writer:

Manoel de Oliveira (scenario and dialogue)

Jacques Parsi (scenario consultant: literature)

Eugène Ionesco (play)

William Shakespeare (play)

James Joyce (book)

Fullplot:

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to retire.

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