Underplayed Gems

I Want to Go Home (1989)

I Want to Go Home poster
Directed by
Alain Resnais
Genre
comedy film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
4.8 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An American cartoonist travels to France. He finds that his comic strip style does not match French tastes. The story shows the clash between different cultural ideas of art and humor.

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What happens

I Want to Go Home is a 1989 French comedy film directed by Alain Resnais, from a screenplay by Jules Feiffer. It explores the differences between French and American cultural values through a story about a veteran cartoonist who encounters conflicting reactions to his work during a trip abroad. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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