Je rentre à la maison (2001)

Regisseur:

Manoel de Oliveira

Drehbuchautoren:

Jacques Parsi (French consultant)
Manoel de Oliveira (writer)

Premierendatum:

8. Juni 2001 (Italy)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama

Plot:

The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife...

Plot Keywords:

Film In Film | Age Difference | Grandfather Grandson Relationship | Old Age | Shoe

Filmpreise:

3 wins & 2 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

"Je rentre a la maison" is an elegant exploration of aging and personal loss directed by 93-year-old Manoel de Oliveira.

Besetzung

Michel Piccoli	...	Gilbert Valence
Catherine Deneuve	...	Marguerite
John Malkovich	...	John Crawford, Film Director
Antoine Chappey	...	George
Leonor Baldaque	...	Sylvia
Leonor Silveira	...	Marie
Ricardo Trêpa	...	Guard
Jean-Michel Arnold	...	Doctor
Adrien de Van	...	Ferdinand
Sylvie Testud	...	Ariel
Isabel Ruth	...	Milkmaid
Andrew Wale	...	Stephen
Robert Dauney	...	Haines
Jean Koeltgen	...	Serge
Mauricette Gourdon	...	Guilhermine, the Housekeeper

Alternativ:

I Go Home (Australia) (TV title)
I'm Going Home (Portugal)
Vou Para Casa (Portugal)
Ich geh' nach Hause (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

90 Min

Produktionsland:

France | Portugal

Sprache:

Französisch | Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.66 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Stereo

Altersfreigabe:

Singapore:PG | Australia:G | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG

Firma:

Canal+

Dies und das:

Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2001 (#05)

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: From the 2nd to the 3rd Café scene, the headlines on both Le Figaro and Liberátion do not change, and it is supposed to be another day.

Soundtrack:

Sous le ciel de Paris

"Je rentre a la maison" is an elegant exploration of aging and personal loss directed by 93-year-old Manoel de Oliveira.

"Je rentre a la maison" opens on the stage of a rather seedy theatre in Paris during the closing act of Ionesco's absurdist drama "Exit the King" - exit the king indeed!

Portraying the old king is Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli), a well known Parisian actor, who like the king is coming to the end of his career. Piccoli no sooner steps off stage than a group of somber friends deliver to him the bad news that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have just been killed in an auto accident. All that now remains of his family is his young grandson.

In this remarkably understated film Oliveira uses long takes, a rarely moving camera, and natural background sounds to emphasize what's going on in the faces of his actors. After a summer of films like "Fast and Furious," "Rat Race," and "Rush Hour 2" it is a relief to be able to slow down and indulge in the more subtle nuances of the filmic art.

One of the movie's most treasured moments occurs when Piccoli is cast in an English-language film based on James Joyce's novel, "Ulysses." Appearing in a cameo role as the director of this movie-within-a-movie is John Malkovich who takes full advantage of Oliveira's long take close-ups of him as he sadly watches Piccoli having difficulties with his lines. The last shot in the film is also a long take of the face of Piccoli's grandson as he watches his grandfather pause on the landing while making his way up the stairs to his room.

"Je rentre a la maison" is a low-key version of Scott Hicks' more thickly romantic, "Hearts in Atlantis," which has a similar theme.