Lisbon Story (German: Viagem a Lisboa, Lisbonne Story) is a 1994 film directed by Wim Wenders. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
Lisbon Story is partially a sequel to Wenders' 1982 film, The State of Things. The fictitious movie director in in the previous film, Friedrich Munro, reappears, again played by Patrick Bauchau. In Lisbon Story Friedrich has moved to Lisbon, Portugal (the country in which...
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Lisbon Story (German: Viagem a Lisboa, Lisbonne Story) is a 1994 film directed by Wim Wenders. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.
Lisbon Story is partially a sequel to Wenders' 1982 film, The State of Things. The fictitious movie director in in the previous film, Friedrich Munro, reappears, again played by Patrick Bauchau. In Lisbon Story Friedrich has moved to Lisbon, Portugal (the country in which The State of Things was set). The principal character, Philip Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), a sound engineer, receives a postcard invitation from Fredrich to come to Lisbon to record sounds of the capital city for one of his films. This sets in motion a mysterious Wendersian quest. Lisbon Story features performance of Madredeus, a famous Portuguese musical group, and a cameo by Manoel de Oliveira, the oldest active director alive.
During the mid-1970s, Wim Wenders made three films which he named The Road Movie Trilogy. Lisbon Story pays subtle...
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