Je rentre à la maison (2001)
(I'm Going Home)
Country: PORT/FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Antoine Chappey, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Synopsis:
An ageing stage actor is made increasingly aware of approaching death, by a family tragedy and by his unreadiness to adapt professionally to modern working practices.
Review:
A film which has 'personal' written all over it: scenes are stretched so long they positively ache with significance, the camera lingers on a telling moment, apparently innocent establishing shots remind us of life going on through their symbolic associations. In short, a film in which nothing (extraordinary) happens, but much can be inferred.
(I'm Going Home)
Country: PORT/FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Antoine Chappey, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Synopsis:
An ageing stage actor is made increasingly aware of approaching death, by a family tragedy and by his unreadiness to adapt professionally to modern working practices.
Review:
A film which has 'personal' written all over it: scenes are stretched so long they positively ache with significance, the camera lingers on a telling moment, apparently innocent establishing shots remind us of life going on through their symbolic associations. In short, a film in which nothing (extraordinary) happens, but much can be inferred.
(I'm Going Home)
Country: PORT/FR
Technical: col 90m
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Antoine Chappey, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve
Synopsis:
An ageing stage actor is made increasingly aware of approaching death, by a family tragedy and by his unreadiness to adapt professionally to modern working practices.
Review:
A film which has 'personal' written all over it: scenes are stretched so long they positively ache with significance, the camera lingers on a telling moment, apparently innocent establishing shots remind us of life going on through their symbolic associations. In short, a film in which nothing (extraordinary) happens, but much can be inferred.