Faraway, So Close!
| Faraway, So Close! | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Wim Wenders |
| Produced by | Ulrich Felsberg Michael Schwarz Wim Wenders |
| Written by | Richard Reitinger Wim Wenders Ulrich Zieger |
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Laurent Petitgand Nick Cave Laurie Anderson Lou Reed |
| Cinematography | Jürgen Jürges |
| Edited by | Peter Przygodda |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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Release date
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18 May 1993 (Cannes Film Festival) 1 September 1993 (France) 9 September 1993 (Germany) 21 December 1993 (United States) 1 July 1994 (UK) |
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Running time
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144 minutes (German) 140 minutes (US) |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German French English Italian Russian Spanish |
| Box office | $810,455 |
Faraway, So Close! (German: In weiter Ferne, so nah!) is a 1993 film by German director Wim Wenders. The screenplay is by Wenders, Richard Reitinger and Ulrich Zieger. The film is a sequel to Wenders' 1987 film Wings of Desire. Actors Otto Sander and Bruno Ganz reprise their roles as angels visiting Earth. The film also stars Nastassja Kinski, Willem Dafoe and Heinz Rühmann (in his last film role). It won the Grand Prix du Jury at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Cassiel and Raphaella, two angels, observe the busy life of reunited Berlin. Due to their divine origin, they can hear the thoughts of the people around them, and try to console a dying man. Cassiel has been following his friend Damiel (a former angel), who senses his presence and talks about his experiences as a human. He owns a pizza parlor named Casa dell'angelo (Angel's House) and has married Marion, a trapeze artist whom he met when an angel. She works in a local bar in West Berlin, and the two have a young daughter, Doria.
Cassiel follows Raisa Becker, an 11-year-old girl who lives in the former East Berlin. He observes her life and notices that she and her mother Hanna Becker are being followed by Philip Winter, a detective who works for Anton Baker. The latter is an American arms dealer and pornographer who owns a transport company.
Cassiel follows Hanna Becker (and Winter) to an abandoned building in the outskirts of East Berlin. There he finds that she brings food to Konrad, a man who has acted as a father to her, since his days as her chauffeur during World War II. Traveling back in time, Cassiel is able to see the last days of Berlin late in the war. When the war appeared to have been lost, the father, a doctor, escaped to the United States with his son and adopted the name Baker. The mother Gertrud Becker stayed behind with the young Hanna, both under the care of Konrad.
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