After the wild lifestyle of a famous young German photographer almost gets him killed, he goes to Palermo, Sicily to take a break. Can the beautiful city and a beautiful local woman calm him down?
Cinematography
Wenders shoots Palermo like a bruised love letter.
Score
Cave and Ellis haunt every frame perfectly.
Direction
Wenders at his most personal and wandering.
Director
Wim Wenders
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Campino, lead singer of Die Toten Hosen, had never acted before. Wenders cast him after seeing his raw charisma in interviews.
The film is part of Wenders' 'landscape trilogy' exploring European cities as spiritual spaces. Palermo's decaying grandeur mirrors Finn's internal collapse.
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