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I Want to Go Home

I Want to Go Home

1989Movie⏱️ 1h 40m
Comedy
5.4
IMDB Rating
866 votes

A grumpy American suffers during his visit to Europe.

Director
Alain Resnais
Writers
N/A
Stars
Laura Benson, Adolph Green, Linda Lavin
Release Date
September 27, 1989
Language
French, English
Country
France
🏆 3
Wins
🎯 5
Nominations
💬 4
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Laura Benson
Laura Benson
as Elsie Wellman
Adolph Green
Adolph Green
as Joey Wellman
Linda Lavin
Linda Lavin
as Lena Apthrop
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depardieu
as Christian Gauthier
Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Chaplin
as Terry Amstrong
François-Eric Gendron
François-Eric Gendron
as Lionel Cohn-Martin
👤
Georges Fricker
as Roxy Darcel, le compagnon de Terry
John Ashton
John Ashton
as Harry Dempsey
Caroline Silhol
Caroline Silhol
as Dora Dempsey
Micheline Presle
Micheline Presle
as Isabelle Gauthier

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.66 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport, Roissy, Val-d'Oise, France
Production
Films A2, Investimage, La Sept Cinéma

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

FrenchSatireComedy

⭐ Featured Review

Dreadful
by rhoda-92025-02-16
2/10

"Adolph Green has, to put it mildly, never been much of an actor (remember when My Favorite Year stopped dead whenever he appeared?), but in this he doesn't act at all. He just yells and complains about everything in which Paris differs from Cleveland, as if saying that he doesn't like something and it's crazy is automatically hilarious. Gerard Depardieu does act--as if he doesn't want to acknowledge he is in the movie and hopes no one else will notice. The woman who plays Green's daughter is as incompetent with her accent as with her acting--after living in Paris for ..."

💡 Did You Know?

Writer Jules Feiffer claimed that the plot of the film originated with the amused bafflement he, as an American, felt about the intense admiration shown by French intellectuals towards the films of Jerry Lewis.

📖 Synopsis

A grumpy American suffers during his visit to Europe.