I go back home
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | I go back home |
| Original title | Je rentre à la maison |
| Country of production | France , Portugal |
| original language |
French English |
| Publishing year | 2001 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Manoel de Oliveira |
| script | Manoel de Oliveira Jacques Parsi |
| production | Paulo Branco |
| camera | Sabine Lancelin |
| cut | Valérie Loiseleux |
| occupation | |
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I'm Going Home is a French-Portuguese film directed by Manoel de Oliveira from 2001.
action
The renowned theater actor Gilbert Valence is told after a celebrated performance that his wife, daughter and son-in-law have died in a car accident. His eight-year-old grandson will now be his main task, but also his last stop in life, which gradually returns to the routine of a comfortable everyday life.
In his long acting career, he played all the roles an actor could ask for, and he received a lot of recognition. But times are changing, and now he is offered a television production which, in view of the script and the all too sensational ingredients, he rejects, despite the tempting fee. The offer of an American director to play the leading role in his film adaptation of James Joyce ' Ulysses then mobilizes his ambition again. But the foreign language and his diminishing mental abilities leave him in despair, and he leaves the location, mumbling the meaningful words softly: "I'm going home".
reception
The film is determined by melancholy and the dwindling zest for life of the main character. You see an aging theater actor who does not manage to return to work after the stroke of fate. His human relationships, especially with his grandson, give him stability, but he fails because of the modern, commercial orientations in his profession, and because of the generally increasing fast pace and insecurity in a society that is changing against people, and ultimately he simply fails because of old age.
The story of a well-deserved theater star at the end of his career and his life is told, who retains his dignity while the world around him slowly but inexorably drifts further and further away from a civilized culture. The camera follows the main character with great attention, and his subtle, soulful story makes the viewer reflect.
“Michel Piccoli shines in this Portuguese drama as a stage actor who has to look after his eight-year-old grandson after an accidental death in his family. A smooth, calm and gorgeous film with a great mime. "
The film premiered on May 13, 2001 at the Cannes International Film Festival , where it was screened in competition. It premiered in Portugal on June 7th at the Festróia Film Festival and on June 8th in Italy. He won the Globo de Ouro and various international prizes, for example in Haifa and São Paulo .
literature
- Jorge Leitão Ramos : Dicionário do cinema português 1989-2003. Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 2005, ISBN 972-21-1763-7 .
- Manoel de Oliveira - 100 anos. Book accompanying the 21-DVD box for the 100th birthday (ZON Lusomundo 2008)
Web links
- I go home in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official trailer
Individual evidence
- ^ Jorge Leitão Ramos: Dicionário do cinema português 1989-2003 1st edition. Editorial Caminho, Lisbon 2005, p. 320ff.
- ↑ I'm going home. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ spielfilm.de