Beyond the Clouds (1995)
- Original title
- Al di là delle nuvole
- Directed by
- Wim Wenders, Michelangelo Antonioni
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- Germany, France, Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 139 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wandering film director recounts four separate stories about love and illusion. Each tale involves a different kind of romantic relationship, from a young couple unable to be together to a man balancing two women.
episodiccontemplativemelancholicromanticphilosophicalslow-pacedintimatelyrical
What happens
Beyond the Clouds (Italian: Al di là delle nuvole; French: Par-delà les nuages) is a 1995 anthology romance film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders, from a screenplay written by Antonioni, Wenders and Tonino Guerra. It stars an ensemble cast, featuring John Malkovich, Sophie Marceau, Vincent Perez, Irène Jacob, Jean Reno, Fanny Ardant, Chiara Caselli, Kim Rossi Stuart, Peter Weller, Marcello Mastroianni and Jeanne Moreau. The film consists of four stories of romantic love and illusion told from the perspective of a wandering film director (played by Malkovich). In the first story, two beautiful young lovers are unable to consummate their passion because the young man desires impossible perfection. In the second story, the director has sex with a young woman who reveals that she murdered her father. In the third story, a man makes an effort to appease both his wife and his mistress. In the fourth story, a young man is infatuated with a girl who is about to enter a convent. A co-production between Italian, French and German companies, Beyond the Clouds was based on Antonioni's 1986 book That Bowling Alley on the Tiber. It was conceived by Wim Wenders as a comeback for the then-retired filmmaker, who had been semi-retired since 1982 (with Identification of a Woman). It was the final feature-length film by Antonioni before his death in 2007. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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