Wenders Tribute

PALERMO SHOOTING

 

Directed by Wim Wenders

TUESDAY JANUARY 20 7PM CASTRO

As a successful photographer of world-wide renown, Finn leads a life that is as prominent as it is hectic. He gets by with very little sleep, his cell phone is never still, and the music from his headphones is his most constant companion. But when his life suddenly spins out of control, Finn takes off and leaves everything behind. His journey leads him from Düsseldorf to Palermo. While a new life and a new love is unfolding for him in a country whose language he does not understand he finds himself persecuted by a mysterious shooter who’s after him with a vengeance.

 

WIM WENDERS IN CONVERSATION WITH GERD GEMÜNDEN will follow the screening

 

PURCHASE TICKET

US Premiere

Country
Germany
Year
2008
Run Time
35mm, 108 min., English, German, Italian
with English subtitles
Cast
Campino
Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Dennis Hopper
Inga Busch Camera
Franz Lustig
Screenwriter
Wim Wenders
Printsource
Reverse Angle
Email
info@reverse-angle.com

Awards
Cannes 2008: officially
selected in Competition

Director

Photo Donata Wenders

Wim Wenders
was born in 1945 in Düsseldorf. After studies in Medicine and Philosophy, he attended the Academy of Television & Film in Munich. He worked as a film critic for FILMKRITIK and the SÜDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG and was a founding member of the FILMVERLAG DER AUTOREN in 1971. In 1975, he founded the production company ROAD MOVIES. He has received numerous international awards, including the Golden Lion (1982), Golden Palm (1984) and the European
Film Award (1988). Films shown at the Berlin & Beyond Festival: ODE TO COLOGNE-A ROCK `N´ROLL FILM (2004) and WINGS OF DESIRE (2005).