The Dryden will screen Je rentre à la maison (I'm Going Home, Manoel de Oliveira, France/Portugal 2001, 90 min., 35mm, French w/ subtitles).

"With I'm Going Home, the legendary Manoel de Oliveira, at the age of 93, created his masterpiece. The critics have already acclaimed it as one of the finest films of the decade. Warm, funny, humane and ultimately heartrending, the film is a remarkable and supremely eloquent statement by a magnificent director. Gilbert Valence (Michel Piccoli) is a successful theater actor appearing in Eugene Ionesco's Exit the King, when he learns that his wife, daughter and son-in-law have been killed in a car accident. Over time, Valence's life regains a semblance of normalcy—he takes care of his orphaned grandson, strolls the streets of Paris, frequents his favorite cafe and returns to the theater as Prospero in The Tempest. Michel Piccoli is majestic in the role of Valence—he is proud, self-assured, and amused by the world, while still vulnerable to life's tragedies." — Richard Brody

[source: Dryden website, 2015-Jul-27]