Paris, Texas12A

Directed by Wim Wenders | Germany/USA | 1984 | 2h 30m | Starring Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément

Dishevelled and with seemingly no idea who he is, Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) emerges from the desert after four years missing. When a stranger manages to contact his brother, Travis is reunited with his sibling and with the son he left behind. As he begins to reconnect with his family, Travis must also confront his wife and try to put his life back together. New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in this profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Sam Shepard. Winner of the Palme d’Or at the 1984 Cannes Film Festival.

American Odysseys

Reviews

‘An eerie, sad story whose meaning disappears over the vast horizon as if on a highway heading away through the desert.’
★★★★★
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

‘It is true, deep, and brilliant.’
★★★★★
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

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