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Release Date
• USA: Sep 29, 2001
• UK: 17 May 2002
Budget FRF 18,000,000
Official Website:
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Running Time
1 hour, 30 minutes
Country France, Portugal
Studio Milestone Films
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• Je rentre à la maison
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
Plot: With I'M GOING HOME, Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira presents a tender film about the zest for life that gives the human spirit resilience in the face of hardship. Michel Piccoli stars as Gilbert Valence, an aging actor who is in the prime of his career, enjoying his pick of prominent roles in both theater and film. During a performance of Exit the King by Eugene Ionesco, with Valence's king weeping over his lost throne, three men arrive backstage to deliver some terrible news: Valence's wife and two children have been killed in a car accident. Saddened but undefeated, Valence continues with the simple daily activities that bring him joy. Each morning he watches his young grandson, Serge (Jean Koeltgen), running off to grade school. He sits in his favorite cafe at his favorite table at the same time each day and drinks coffee. He delights in looking at the monuments of Paris at Trocadero, Place de la Concorde, and the Eiffel Tower. He wanders the grand boulevards, stopping to buy himself a new pair of shoes. A role in The Tempest keeps Valence busy, and when he's at home he plays children's games with Serge. But then his luck turns. His Paris streets become shadowy and dangerous. His agent forces him into a last-minute casting of an English-language film of James Joyce's
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 | John Malkovich
Being John Malkovich, Con Air, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Belle de jour, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, Atlantic City | | Leonor Baldaque
Princípio da Incerteza, O, Inquietude, Port of My Childhood | | Ricardo Trepa
A Talking Picture, Lettre, La, Princípio da Incerteza, O | |
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