What is Wings of Desire/Faraway So Close! about?

Co-Presented by AFI FEST 2011: Double Feature: WINGS OF DESIRE, 1987, Janus Films, 127 min. Wim Wenders’ most fully realized cinematic vision follows Damiel (Bruno Ganz), an angel having pangs of longing as he observes the lives of mortals in Berlin, specifically the beautiful, ethereal trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin). With Peter Falk. In German with English subtitles. FARAWAY SO CLOSE!, 1993, Sony Pictures Classics, 140 min. Dir. Wim Wenders. In this sequel to WINGS OF DESIRE, Wenders' angels face post-Cold War Berlin - a world one angel, Cassiel (Otto Sandler), desperately wants to enter as a human. He does so, but his innocence and faith lead him into some difficult situations when his idealism clashes with the realities of the physical world. In German with English subtitles. Discussion between films with director Wim Wenders.

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What is Wings of Desire/Faraway So Close! about?: Co-Presented by AFI FEST 2011: Double Feature: WINGS OF DESIRE, 1987, Janus Films, 127 min. Wim Wenders’ most fully realized cinematic vision follows Damiel (Bruno Ganz), an angel having pangs of longing as he observes the lives of mortals in Berlin, specifically the beautiful, ethereal trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin). With Peter Falk. In German with English subtitles.

FARAWAY SO CLOSE!, 1993, Sony Pictures Classics, 140 min. Dir. Wim Wenders. In this sequel to WINGS OF DESIRE, Wenders' angels face post-Cold War Berlin - a world one angel, Cassiel (Otto Sandler), desperately wants to enter as a human. He does so, but his innocence and faith lead him into some difficult situations when his idealism clashes with the realities of the physical world.

In German with English subtitles. Discussion between films with director Wim Wenders.