I Want to Go Home (1989)

Joey Wellman, an American cartoonist from Cleveland now largely forgotten at home, visits France with his partner Lena to attend an exhibition in Paris about the comic strip (bande dessinée) which features his work. He also hopes to be reconciled with his daughter Elsie who has been a student in Paris for two years, in flight from the American culture of which she sees her father as a typical example. Elsie is naively infatuated with French literature, and is trying to secure an introduction to the brilliant university professor Christian Gauthier, an expert on Flaubert but also an enthusiast for comic books. The meeting of father and daughter goes badly, but Elsie is persuaded to join Joey and Lena for the weekend at the country house of Gauthier's mother, Isabelle. During a comic-themed masquerade party, all of the characters are made to reconsider their present and past relationships.

Directing:
  • Alain Resnais

Writing:
  • Jules Feiffer

Stars:
Release Date: 1989-09-27
themoviedb icon 4.9/10
  • Country: FR
  • Language: English | Français | Español
  • Runtime: 100
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depard...
Christian Gauthier
Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin
Lena Apthrop
Adolph Green
Adolph Green
Joey Wellman
Laura Benson
Laura Benson
Elsie Wellman
Emmanuelle Chaulet
Emmanuelle Ch...
La secrétaire de Gauthier
Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Cha...
Terry Amstrong
Caroline Silhol
Caroline Silh...
Dora Dempsey
François-Eric Gendron
François-Eric...
Lionel Cohn-Martin
Micheline Presle
Micheline Pre...
Isabelle Gauthier
John Ashton
John Ashton
Harry Dempsey
Patrick Bonnel
Patrick Bonne...
Le boucher
Alain Fromager
Alain Fromage...
L'étudiant dans le bureau de Gauthier
Peter Hudson
Peter Hudson
Le Spectre
Raphaëline Goupilleau
Raphaëline Go...
L'étudiante dans le bureau de Gauthier
Isabelle Habiague
Isabelle Habi...
La jeune femme qui chante
Ludivine Sagnier
Ludivine Sagn...
La petite fille de la place du village
Isabelle Turpault
Isabelle Turp...
Catwoman
Abbes Zahmani
Abbes Zahmani
Le Concombre Masqué
Lucienne Hamon
Lucienne Hamo...
Mme Roget
Catherine Arditi
Catherine Ard...
La boulangère
Anne Roussel
Anne Roussel
La jeune femme fatiguée
Jean Champion
Jean Champion
Le chauffeur de taxi
Pierre Decazes
Pierre Decaze...
Le garagiste
Françoise Bertin
Françoise Ber...
La cliente de la marchande de légumes
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