Underplayed Gems

Lisbon Story (1994)

Lisbon Story poster
Directed by
Wim Wenders
Genre
drama film, musical film
Country
Germany, France, Portugal
Runtime
1h 39m
Rated
15+
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 129 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A sound engineer travels to Lisbon to work on a film project but finds his director friend has vanished. He explores the city and records its sounds and sights while waiting.

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What happens

Lisbon Story (Portuguese: O Céu de Lisboa (Brasil); German: Lisbon Story) is a 1994 feature film directed by Wim Wenders. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. As part of Lisbon's programme as the European City of Culture in 1994, Wenders and three Portuguese filmmakers were invited to make a documentary about the city. The result was the fictional Lisbon Story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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