Lisbon Story (1994) ( Viagem a Lisboa )

Lisbon Story (1994) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Viagem a Lisboa
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
German ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Portuguese ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
100 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.66:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1994 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )
Portugal ( Spain, Portugal )

Directed By:
Wim Wenders

Written By:
Wim Wenders

Actors:
Rüdiger Vogler ..... Phillip Winter
Patrick Bauchau ..... Friedrich Monroe
Vasco Sequeira ..... Truck Driver
Canto e Castro ..... Barber
Viriato Jose da Silva ..... Shoemaker
João Canijo ..... Crook
Ricardo Colares ..... Ricardo
Joel Cunha Ferreira ..... Zé
Sofia Bénard da Costa ..... Sofia
Vera Cunha Rocha ..... Vera
Elisabete Cunha Rocha ..... Beta
Teresa Salgueiro ..... Herself (Madredeus)
Pedro Ayres Magalhães ..... Himself (Madredeus)
Rodrigo Leão ..... Himself (Madredeus)

Synopsis:

Lisbon Story is partially a sequel to Wenders' 1982 film, The State of Things. The fictitious movie director in the previous film, Friedrich Munro, reappears, again played by Patrick Bauchau. In Lisbon Story Friedrich has moved to Lisbon, Portugal (the country in which The State of Things was set). The principal character, Philip Winter (Rüdiger Vogler), a sound engineer, receives a postcard invitation from Friedrich to come to Lisbon to record sounds of the capital city for a forthcoming film of his. On arriving, however, the director is nowhere to be found, though he leaves cryptic messages. This sets in motion a mysterious quest. The sound engineer doesn't meet up with the director until the end of the movie, when it materialises that, disturbed by the commercialization of images, he had set out to capture what he terms the "unseen image" of the city, one devoid of the subjective view, while also pretending that the whole history of cinema had never happened. A semi-non-fictional aspect of the plot is the appearance of the internationally famous Portuguese folk music group Madredeus and Manoel de Oliveira, who at that time was already the oldest living active film director in the world.

The director Friedrich Monroe has trouble with finishing a silent b&w movie about Lisbon. He calls his friend, the sound engineer Phillip Winter, for help. As Winter arrives Lisbon weeks later, Monroe is disappeared but has left the unfinished film. Winter decides to stay, because he is fascinated of the city and the Portuguese singer Teresa, and he starts to record the sound of the film. At the same time Monroe cruises through the city with a camcorder and tries to catch unseen pictures. Later they meet and Winter convinces Monroe of finishing the film.

When he receives a cryptic call from his filmmaker friend to come to Lisbon to help with a project, a sound engineer sets off for the Portuguese capital. Upon arrival, the confused sound man finds only an unfinished film and the splendors of the city... In this commentary on the contemporary state of filmmaking, the German iconoclast Wim Wenders reunites with long-time collaborator Rüdiger Vogler, reprising the role of Philip Winter (following 'Alice in the Cities' and 'Until the End of the World').

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 25 January, 2014.

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