I'm Going Home (film)
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| Directed by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Written by | Manoel de Oliveira |
| Produced by | Paulo Branco |
| Starring | Michel Piccoli Catherine Deneuve John Malkovich |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Countries | France Portugal |
| Languages | French English |
| Box office | $853,000[1] |
I'm Going Home (French: Je rentre à la maison, Portuguese: Vou Para Casa) is a 2001 French-Portuguese film written and directed by Manoel de Oliveira.
Plot[edit]
Gilbert Valence is a grand old theatre actor who receives the shocking news that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car accident. As time passes, Valence busies himself with his daily life in Paris, turning down unsuitable roles in low-brow television productions and looking after his 9-year-old grandson. When an American filmmaker miscasts him in an ill-conceived adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses, Valence finds himself compelled to make a decision about his life.[2]
Cast[edit]
- Michel Piccoli as Gilbert Valence
- Catherine Deneuve as Marguerite
- John Malkovich as John Crawford, Film Director
- Antoine Chappey as George
- Leonor Baldaque as Sylvia
- Leonor Silveira as Marie
- Ricardo Trêpa as Guard
- Jean-Michel Arnold - Doctor
- Adrien de Van as Ferdinand
- Sylvie Testud as Ariel
- Isabel Ruth as Milkmaid
- Andrew Wale as Stephen
- Robert Dauney as Haines
- Jean Koeltgen as Serge
- Mauricette Gourdon as Guilhermine, the Housekeeper
Reception[edit]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 96% approval rating based on 55 reviews, with an average rating of 7.78/10 and the consensus that it is "a masterfully subtle and poignant exploration of morality."[3] It was one of the films in competition for the Palme d'Or in the 2001 Cannes Film Festival.[4] It won the Critics Award for Best Film at the 2001 São Paulo International Film Festival and the Golden Anchor Award at the 2002 Haifa International Film Festival. It also won the Globo de Ouro for Best Film at the 2002 Globos de Ouro. Michel Piccoli was nominated for Best Actor at the 2001 European Film Awards.
Anthony Quinn of The Independent wrote, "Always good to see Michel Piccoli...in Manoel de Oliveira's I'm Going Home he plays Valence, a grand old stage actor who has recently lost his family...Few cameras stare so intently at things as de Oliveira's, and the long excerpts he films from Ionesco and The Tempest are frankly de trop, but this patient detailing of an actor's life...has a fascination akin to watching a sun slowly disappear beneath the horizon."[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "I'm Going Home". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Artificial Eye DVD release 222 cover text.
- ^ "I'm Going Home (2001)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: I'm Going Home". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
- ^ Anthony Quinn (17 February 2014). "No Man's Land (15); The Closet (15); I'm Going Home (PG); Happy Man (NC)". The Independent. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
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