Film screening
Wings of Desire
Straight out of Berlin - Film festival
Director: Wim Wenders
Drama, Germany, 1987
128 min.
The film tells the story of the two angels Cassiel and Damiel, who dared to contradict God and were therefore transferred from him to earth, to Berlin. The two disembodied figures are only visible to children, but when Damiel falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist Marion, he is driven only by the desire to become a human being and thus be visible. He meets the American actor Peter Falk, who used to be an angel himself and advises Damiel to take the big step and give up his existence as an angel. Ultimately, Damiel determines that he must experience humanity in full, and breaks through into the real world to pursue a life with Marion.
“Wings of Desire” won the award for best director at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Watch the trailer of “Wings of Desire”
Details
Cinema Akil
Warehouse 68
Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz Industrial District
Dubai
United Arab Emirates
Language: Original version with English subtitles
Price: 52.5 AED
+971 2 4099400
info@abudhabi.goethe.org
Part of series Straight out of Berlin