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Je rentre à la maison (2001)     Comedy / Drama      
Dir: Manoel de Oliveira    
Overview
Je rentre à la maison is a French film comedy-drama first released in 2001, directed by Manoel de Oliveira.  The film stars Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, John Malkovich, Antoine Chappey and Leonor Baldaque.  It has also been released under the title: I’m Going Home.  Our overall rating for this film is: very good.


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Synopsis
Gilbert Valence is a veteran stage actor of high repute.  One evening, whilst appearing in a performance of a Eugène Ionesco play, he is given some tragic news.  His wife, his daughter and son-in-law have just been killed in a car accident.  The shock is almost overwhelming but Gilbert somehow finds the will to continue working, whilst bringing up the grandson he adores.  However, he is no longer a young man and the strain of his work is being to take its toll...


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