
Wim Wenders in Mumbai | Opening Film: Wings of Desire
Regal Cinema, Mumbai
Screening: 05.02.2025 6:00 PM, IST
Screening to be followed by Q & A with Wim Wenders
1986/1987 | German, French, English with English subtitles | restored version | 128 mins.
The film has achieved cult status all around the world and marked Wenders’ “homecoming” as it was his first German film after eight years in America. The main characters are guardian angels – benevolent, invisible beings in trench coats – who listen to the thoughts of mortals and attempt to comfort them. Winner of the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival 1987, as well as the German Film Prize in Gold and Best Film at the European Film Awards.