Synopsis : Joey Wellman, a cantankerous American cartoonist, accepts an invitation to come to an exhibition in Paris because his daughter Elsie is a student there. He arrives with his girlfriend and very soon wants to go home as the culture shock is too much for him. Professor Gauthier, enamored with american culture, invites Joey and some other Americans to his mother’s house for the week end. Elsie arrives at the gathering in time for the masquerade party and to see her father beginning to appreciate French culture.
I Want To Go Home
Territory:
World, except France
Release date:
1989
Running time:
1 hours 46 minutes
Director:
Alain Resnais
Actors:
Gérard Depardieu, Géraldine Chaplin
Language:
French with English subtitles