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Film

Paris, Texas

★ Editor's Pick

Wim Wenders  ·  West Germany / France / UK  ·  1984

Drama 1980s

After four years of mysterious disappearance, a disheveled, silent man named Travis Henderson emerges from the Texas desert and is reunited with his young son, who has been raised by Travis's brother and sister-in-law. Together, Travis and his son set out across the American Southwest to find the boy's mother, slowly rebuilding their fractured relationship along the way. A meditative and visually stunning road film about memory, loss, identity, and the impossibility of going home.

Language

English

Cast

Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Aurore Clément, Hunter Carson

Awards

  • Palme d'Or — Cannes Film Festival (1984)
  • BAFTA Award for Best Direction (1985)