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GERMANY · 1987
Wings of Desire
Synopsis
Two angels, Damiel and Cassiel, glide through the streets of Berlin, observing the bustling population, providing invisible rays of hope to the distressed but never interacting with them. When Damiel falls in love with lonely trapeze artist Marion, the angel longs to experience life in the physical world, and finds — with some words of wisdom from actor Peter Falk — that it might be possible for h
Cinema Atlas Connection
When I was thinking about the film, I remember thinking a little bit about Wings of Desire, and how they could be transparent for some people and not for others. That was an interesting concept.
That [Wings of Desire] was definitely a reference. It's hard to make a film about loneliness in a city.
— Sofia Coppola · The Guardian: 'Sofia Coppola on The Beguiled: 'I wanted to make a Southern Gothic fever dream''
This Film Influenced
→ Lost in Translation (2003)