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Don't Come Knocking (2005)

Don't Come Knocking poster
Directed by
Wim Wenders
Genre
drama film, musical film
Country
Germany, France, United States
Runtime
2h 02m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 142 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An aging actor abandons his movie set and goes back to his hometown in the American West. He tries to reconnect with the family he left behind including a son he never knew.

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What happens

Don't Come Knocking is a 2005 American Western film directed by Wim Wenders, and written by Wenders and Sam Shepard. They had previously collaborated on the film Paris, Texas (1984). It was submitted at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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