Voyager (1991)

Original title

Homo Faber

Directed by

Volker Schlöndorff

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, France

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

12+

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 54 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A successful engineer travels through Europe and the Americas. His logical worldview is challenged by a series of coincidences that feel like fate.

meditativemelancholiccontemplativemoodyslow-pacedintrospectivewistfulfatalistic

What happens

Voyager (German: Homo Faber) is a 1991 English-language drama film directed by Volker Schlöndorff and starring Sam Shepard, Julie Delpy, and Barbara Sukowa. Adapted by screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer from the 1957 novel Homo Faber by Max Frisch, the film is about a successful engineer traveling throughout Europe and the Americas whose world view based on logic, probability, and technology is challenged when he falls victim to fate, or a series of incredible coincidences. Voyager won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Production (Eberhard Junkersdorf), the German Film Award for Shaping of a Feature Film, and the Guild of German Art House Cinemas Award for Best German Film. It was also nominated for three European Film Awards for Best Film, Best Actress (Julie Delpy), and Best Supporting Actress (Barbara Sukowa), as well as a German Film Award for Outstanding Feature Film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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