
2001 · Manoel de Oliveira · 90 min
The comfortable daily routines of aging Parisian actor Gilbert Valence, 76, are suddenly shaken when he learns that his wife, daughter, and son-in-law have been killed in a car crash. Having to take care of his now-orphaned grandson, he struggles to go on with his lifelong acting career like he's used to. But the roles he is offered -- a flashy TV show and a hectic last-minute replacement in an English-language film of Joyce's Ulysses -- finally convince him that it's time to retire.
Michel PiccoliGilbert Valence
Catherine DeneuveMarguerite
John MalkovichJohn Crawford, Film Director
Antoine ChappeyGeorge
Leonor BaldaqueSylvia
Leonor SilveiraMarie
Ricardo TrêpaGuardJean-Michel ArnoldDoctor
Adrien de VanFerdinand
Sylvie TestudAriel
Isabel RuthMilkmaidAndrew WaleStephen
Robert DauneyHainesJean KoeltgenSerge
Mauricette GourdonGuilhermine, the Housekeeper