Directed by:
Wim WendersCinematography:
Robby MüllerCast:
Rüdiger Vogler, Yella Rottländer, Lisa Kreuzer, Lois Moran, Hans Hirschmüller, Wim Wenders, Chuck Berry, Martin Müller, Edda KöchlVOD (2)
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Philip Winter, a journalist with writer's block, becomes the guardian of eight year-old Alice when her mother leaves the girl with him briefly at an American airport, only never to return. Back in Germany, an unlikely friendship develops between the two as they embark on a journey to find Alice's grandmother. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (2)
A convenient connection of two worlds, two moments of human life. At the beginning, the main character drives through the USA - an alienated landscape, alone without deeper meaning or fulfillment in life, yet intensified by the surrounding and local (advertising) way of life. This is followed by a journey across The Netherlands and Germany - initially, the forced care for a child gives the main character feelings of satisfaction and a deeper reason for life. It has wonderful poetry, great cinematography and music, and Wim Wenders...
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They meet by chance. He wants to go home because he has writer's block and cannot write a single article, she was just returning from the US to Europe with her mother. But her mother leaves her with him, a stranger. And so comes a surprisingly interesting and powerful road movie that seems as if it should never end. The black and white suits it.
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