Faraway, So Close

Fulfilling a promise to continue his story at the end of 1988's WINGS OF DESIRE, Wim Wenders has reassembled most of his cast, including his Berlin "angels," in a typically odd mixture of moods and genres that won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Cannes festival.

Unlike Damiel (Bruno Ganz), who gave up being an angel after falling in love with trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin), protagonist Cassiel (Otto Sander) is still ethereal, but he can't escape his yearning to become human. When he observes a young girl (Aline Krajewski) about to fall from the balcony of her high-rise apartment, he descends to earth and catches her, instantly becoming human by int...