| Overview: | Paris, Texas is probably Wim Wenders most well known, critically acclaimed and successful movie winning a number of international prizes including the Cannes Palm D'Or for Best Film in 1984.
This unusual road movie (with screenplay by acclaimed playwright Sam Shepard) tells the tale of Travis, a man lost in his own private hell. Presumed dead for four years, he reappears from the desert on the Mexico border, world-weary and an amnesiac.
He traces his brother Walt, who is bringing up Hunter, his seven-year old son, his ex-wife Jane having abandoned him at Walt's door several years before. As virtual strangers, Hunter and Travis begin to build a wary friendship and conspire to find Jane and bring her back to be a real family.
With extraordinary performances from Harry Dean Stanton at Travis and Nastassja Kinski as Jane, the film also boasts a soundtrack by Ry Cooder, ideally suited to the fim's sun-bleached landscapes and melancholy undertones.
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