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Actors: Gérard Depardieu, Adolph Green, Linda Lavin, Laura Benson, Micheline Presle, Géraldine Chaplin
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about I Want To Go Home |
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Based on a Jules Feiffer original script, I WANT TO GO HOME is a movie directed by Alain Resnais in 1989. The picture won a special prize at the Venice Film Festival for its screenplay.
Joey Wellman is one of the last american cartoonists of the golden era. Almost forgotten in his own country, he's been invited in Paris, France where his work is displayed. It's his first trip outside the U.S.A. and he's not enjoying the stay, criticizing everything. His secret wish is to meet his daughter in France, a daughter he hasn't seen in two years. Joey is invited by Christian Gauthier, a university professor fan of his comic books and also the Phd supervisor of Joey's daughter Elsie. Meanwhile, Elsie hesitates to meet his father with whom she always had a love/hate relation.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Daughter
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture clash?
- visiting a different culture
Culture of surrounding area:
- French
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- artist
Age:
- 60's-90's
Hair color?
- white
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- student
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Air?
Yes
Air:
- passenger plane
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- resort/hotel
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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