Faraway, So Close!

1993
6.0
Faraway, So Close!
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Title: Faraway, So Close!

Original Title: In Weiter Ferne, so Nah

Year: 1993

Info

  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 140 Minutes (2 hours 20 min)
  • Budget: $10,500,000
  • Genre: Drama
  • Studios: Road Movies Dritte Produktionen
  • Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)

Release Dates

  • UK: June 01 1994
  • United States: December 21 1993

Plot

This is the story of two angels that observe the men's life dialy. They are invisible, but have a problem: they cannot change what happen. That is why one of them, Cassiel, wants to stop being and angel and become a human to understand what are the feelings and emotions that he sees every day in the people they follow. In this way, Cassiel left his identity as tears' angel and begin to live his own experiences.

Sequel of one of german director Wim Wenders' greatest films ('Wings of desire'), also starring a couple of angels that fly over the german capital. in this ocassion, the film is starred by Otto Sander, Nastassja Kinski, Martin Olbert, Willem Dafoe and a usual actor from Wender's cinema such as Bruno Ganz, apart form public characters like Lou Reed or the chief of URSS state, Mikhail Gorbachov.

Cast

Director:

Wim Wenders Wim Wenders

Bruno Ganz

Bruno Ganz

Damiel

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Peter Falk

Willem Dafoe

Willem Dafoe

Emit Flesti

Photos

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Trivia

The right answer

The authorization to see the security control room is signed under the company name "Road Movie", which is Wim Wenders' production company.

German scissors

Wim Wenders cut nearly an hour out of the film to get it to its release running time.

Appropriate cameo

Mikhail Gorbachev, last president of USRR, appeared in the movie after director Wim Wenders sent him a letter and because his secretary was familiar with the movies of Wim Wenders and was a great admirer. She talked Gorbachev into giving up a couple of hours to do the cameo as he was on a trip to Germany anyway.

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