Faraway, So Close!
Seen it?1993 | 147 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for romantics and fantasy fans.
- The mood
- Warm and romantic.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr 27 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated PG-13. Probably too much for younger kids.
- It's in German, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
A group of angels look longingly upon the life of humans. Berlin now is a very different place: unified in name but overrun with crime, corruption, and—in what turns out to be a key theme here—Americans.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsSolid
54% on Rotten Tomatoes, 61 on Metacritic
- AudiencesSolid
6.9 out of 10
- AwardsWeak
Won 1 Cannes award: Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix.
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$810K worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 60K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Wim Wenders
- Otto SanderCassiel
- Bruno GanzDamiel
- Nastassja KinskiRaphaela
- Peter FalkPeter Falk
- Solveig DommartinMarion
- Heinz RühmannKonrad
- Rüdiger VoglerPhillip Winter
- Willem DafoeEmit Flesti
- Horst BuchholzTony Baker
- Martin OlbertzThe Dying Man