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Paris, Texas
1984 145 min United Kingdom, Germany, France R 18+
★8.3
Drama
Director: Wim Wenders
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Description
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
Budget:
$1.75M
US Gross:
$2.42M
Worldwide:
$2.18M
Starring
Harry Dean Stanton
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Nastassja Kinski
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Dean Stockwell
Actor
Awards
Cannes Film Festival 1984
— FIPRESCI Prize
BAFTA 1985
— Best Director
Cannes Film Festival 1984
— Ecumenical Jury Prize
BAFTA 1985
— Best Picture
BAFTA 1985
— Best Adapted Screenplay
Cannes Film Festival 1984
— Ecumenical Jury Prize
BAFTA 1985
— Best Original Score
César Awards 1985
— Best International Feature Film
Cannes Film Festival 1984
— Palme d'Or
Key opinion
Paris, Texas is widely regarded as a visually stunning and poetic road movie that explores themes of solitude, family reconciliation, and the search for identity. While many viewers are deeply moved by its atmospheric, meditative approach, others find the deliberate pacing and sparse storytelling to be exhausting or emotionally distant.
| Acting | Harry Dean Stanton delivers a nuanced, anchoring performance that perfectly captures the protagonist's fragile journey toward self-discovery. | |
| Score | Ry Cooder’s evocative, guitar-driven score is essential to the film's haunting and southwestern mood. | |
| Cinematography | Wim Wenders’ cinematography masterfully utilizes vast, sun-bleached landscapes to externalize the characters' inner loneliness. | |
| Pacing | The film's slow, contemplative pacing is praised as a masterful use of cinematic time by some, while others find it tedious, empty, and overlong. |