
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to... (Full plot summary below)
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The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to retire.
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| Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumThe kind of quiet masterpiece that fully registers only after you've seen it. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonOne of the greatest films I've ever seen. |
| Toronto StarGeoff PevereIf that old bromide about the universal power of simple storytelling seems to bear repeating, it's because every powerful story simply told seems new in the telling. |
| Nashville SceneSteve Erickson[Michel] Piccoli's performance is the film's beating heart. |
| Slant MagazineEd GonzalezOliveira seems to pursue silent film representation with every mournful composition. |
| Jam! MoviesLiz BraunPiccoli's performance is amazing, yes, but the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm's-length in the film seem irritatingly transparent. |
| OregonianShawn LevyThe story told by I'm Going Home is small and perhaps not terribly universal. But there's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenGives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who, in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude, knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonOne of the most beautiful of all recent films on the problems of old age -- and on the interplay of theater and life. |
| eye WEEKLYJason AndersonAmple proof of the director's great wit and wisdom. |