I'M GOING HOME
synopsis
Gilbert Valence is a theatre actor, thanks to his talent and his long career he has played may fulfilling roles. At the moment, he plays the role of Béranger Ier in “The King dies” by Eugène Ionosco. One evening, after a showing, his life turns to tragedy: his agent and old friend, Georges has just found out that his wife, daughter and son-in-law have died in a car accident.
international title: | I'm Going Home |
original title: | Vou para casa |
country: | Portugal, France |
sales agent: | Gémini Films |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Manoel de Oliveira |
film run: | 90' |
release date: | IT 08/06/2001, PT 29/08/2001, FR 12/09/2001, ES 28/09/2001, GR 26/10/2001, DE 20/12/2001, BE 09/01/2002, AT 15/02/2002, UK 17/05/2002, NL 27/06/2002 |
screenplay: | Manoel de Oliveira |
cast: | Michel Piccoli, Antoine Chappey, Leonor Baldaque, Leonor Silveira, Ricardo Trêpa |
cinematography by: | Sabine Lancelin |
film editing: | Valérie Loiseleux |
art director: | Yves Fournier |
costumes designer: | Isabel Branco |
music: | Henri Maikof |
producer: | Philippe Rey, Paulo Branco |
production: | Madragoa Filmes, Gémini Films |
backing: | Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA) |
distributor: | Atalanta Filmes, Gémini Films (FR), Arsenal Filmverleih (DE), Filmmuseum (NL), Artificial Eye Film (UK) |