Paris, Texas (NC) [KINO DREAMS]

139 mins - Germany, France 1984 - Dir: Wim Wenders
Starring: Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski and Dean Stockwell
 
Harry Dean Stanton plays Travis Henderson, who walks out of the desert after disappearing for four years. He is picked up by his brother Walt (Dean Stockwell), who with his wife Anne (Aurore Clément) have been looking after Travis’ son Hunter (Hunter Carson). A man ill at ease in everyday life, Travis feels the need to search for his ex, Jane (Nastassja Kinski), who left him some years before. In doing so, he attempts to bring his family back together, with unexpected results.
 
Both a road movie and a mystery, and featuring a sublime score by Ry Cooder, Wim Wenders’ Cannes winner is the pinnacle of the filmmaker’s career.
 
“A landmark work in every sense: understated, powerful, sublime” L.A. Weekly