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Release Date: 2012
Cast: Jean Koeltgen, Jean-Michel Arnold, Leonor Silveira, Leonor Baldaque, Isabel Ruth, Catherine Deneuve, Robert Dauney, Michel Piccoli, Ricardo Trêpa, Antoine Chappey, Andrew Wale, Sylvie Testud ...MORE
Cast: Jean Koeltgen, Jean-Michel Arnold, Leonor Silveira, Leonor Baldaque, Isabel Ruth, Catherine Deneuve, Robert Dauney, Michel Piccoli, Ricardo Trêpa, Antoine Chappey, Andrew Wale, Sylvie Testud, John Malkovich, Mauricette Gourdon, Adrien de Van ...LESS
Categories: Movies, Drama Film, World Cinema, Comedy, Comedy-Drama
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.
Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli) 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 (John Malkovich) miscasts him in an ill-conceived adaptation of James... MORE
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.
Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli) 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 (John Malkovich) miscasts him in an ill-conceived adaptation of James Joyce's Ulysses, Valence finds himself compelled to make a decision about his life.
In the review website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has 96% with 52 reviews. It was one of the films in competition for the Palme d'Or in the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. 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.
"Always good to see Michel Piccoli - in LESS
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