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The State of Things (1982)

The State of Things poster
Original title
Der Stand der Dinge
Directed by
Wim Wenders
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany, France, Portugal, United States
Runtime
2h 04m
Rated
12
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 83 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film crew is stranded on the coast of Portugal when their movie production runs out of money and film stock. The director travels to Los Angeles to find his producer while the crew waits.

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What happens

The State of Things (German: Der Stand der Dinge) is a 1982 West German road film directed by Wim Wenders. It tells the story of a film crew stuck in Portugal after the production runs out of film stock and money. The director travels to Los Angeles in search of his missing producer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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