Paris, Texas is a 1984 neo-Western drama road film directed by Wim Wenders, co-written by Sam Shepard and L. M. Kit Carson, and produced by Don Guest. A co-production of West Germany, …

Paris, Texas: Directed by Wim Wenders. With Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Sam Berry. Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out …

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A drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family.

“Paris, Texas” is more concerned with exploring emotions than with telling a story. This isn’t a movie about missing persons, but about missing feelings. The images in the film show people framed by …

After drifting across the West for years, a man reconnects with the young son he left behind in Los Angeles and searches for his long-estranged wife.

New German Cinema pioneer Wim Wenders brings his keen eye for landscape to the American Southwest in Paris, Texas, a profoundly moving character study written by Pulitzer Prize–winning …

Read the complete plot summary of Paris, Texas (1984) with spoiler-filled details, twists, and thematic breakdowns. Discover the story’s meaning, characters’ roles, and what makes the film unforgettable.

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

By Sven Mikulec In 1984, one film confidently rode through Cannes, sweeping prizes from all three juries at the most respected film festival in the world. Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas, the visually …