Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas

8.1IMDb Score
Released:1984-07-16
Genre:Drama
Duration:145 min
Director:Wim Wenders
Actors:Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson, Aurore Clément
Production:Road Movies, Argos films, WDR, Channel Four Films, Pro-ject Filmproduktion

Overview:

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.

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