GERMANY · 1984

Paris, Texas

Wim Wenders
New German Cinema van sibling relationship amnesia road trip texas redemption regret peep show
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A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

Year1984
CountryGermany
DirectorWim Wenders
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