Kings of the Road (1976)

Original title

Im Lauf der Zeit

Directed by

Wim Wenders

Genre

drama film, road movie, buddy film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h 48m

Rated

15

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 150 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man who repairs movie projectors travels through rural West Germany. He meets a melancholy psychologist whose car has broken down, and they spend time together on the road, sharing stories and silence.

contemplativemelancholicslow-burnlonesomeintrospectivewanderingearthyunderstated

What happens

Kings of the Road (German: Im Lauf der Zeit, "In The Course of Time") is a 1976 German road film directed by Wim Wenders. It was the third part of Wenders' "Road Movie trilogy" which included Alice in the Cities (1974) and The Wrong Move (1975). It was the unanimous winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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