Fresh
Elliptical as it is perceptive.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
I’m Going Home
2001 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Manoel de Oliveira
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I’m Going Home
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Manoel de Oliveira Director
- Michel Piccoli as Gilbert Valence
- Catherine Deneuve as Marguerite
- John Malkovich as John Crawford
- Antoine Chappey as George
- Leonor Baldaque as Sylvia
- Leonor Silveira as Marie
- Ricardo Trêpa as Guard
- Jean-Michel Arnold as Doctor
- Adrien de Van as Ferdinand
- Sylvie Testud Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Stylistically adventurous.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Fresh
The kind of quiet masterpiece that fully registers only after you've seen it.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Subtly powerful.
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
Watching this gentle, mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time, you barely realize your mind is being blown.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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