Vou para casa

I'm going home
Director
Manoel de Oliveira
Country
France, Portugal
Year
2001
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Manoel de Oliveira
Cast
Michel Piccoli / Antoine Chappey / Léonor Baldaque / Leonor Silveira / Ricardo Trepa
Production
Madragoa Filmes / Gémini Films / Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (ICA)

Storyline

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.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

San Sebastián International Film Festival 2001
Zabaltegi