Kings of the Road
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"I am my story"
Overview
After breaking up with his wife, Robert Lander (Hanns Zischler) plunges his car into the river in a half-hearted attempt on his own life where he crosses paths with projection-equipment repairman Bruno Winter (Rüdiger Vogler) who dries him off and gives him a lift, snickering all the while. While they don’t say much to each other at first, a beautiful friendship grows between them as they drive around the German countryside servicing old theatres and running into all sorts of characters and adventures.
Why You Should See This Film
The unanimous winner of the FIPRESCI prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival, Kings of the Road is a classic Wim Wenders styled road film that lets its landscapes breathe, leaving plenty of room to hang out with its drifting souls and linger in their transient worlds. Gorgeously captured in black and white by frequent collaborator Robby Müller, this early sojourn – part of the Road Movie trilogy with Alice in the Cities – is rich with visual poetry but also humour and sweetness; it is a Wenders film after all.
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