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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Associate produced by Wim Wenders! Digital projection

“A first feature written and directed by Petit, this is an apparently simple road movie (with an extraordinary soundtrack that runs from Bowie to Kraftwerk and Wreckless Eric) in which a man travels from London to Bristol by car to clarify the mysterious death of his brother. But his private journey also stands for an excursion back into the sour ’70s, and his failure to communicate with those he meets on the road – an army deserter, a garage mechanic, a woman in search of her child – becomes a rambling commentary on the obsessive, ironic disenchantment of living in Britain now. A rare, almost eerie attempt at mythic British cinema, which ends with its hero stalled in his battered old Rover at a quarry edge, his questions still unanswered, forced to move on (into the ’80s). ‘We could be heroes, just for one day…’ – and the time is up.” – Time Out (London)

Part of the retrospective “Wim Wenders: Portraits Along the Road”

• Country UK/West Germany
• Rating NR
• Year 1979
• Running Time 104 minutes
• Director Christopher Petit

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