Fim Archive (Public OrganizatIon) collaborated with Goethe-Institute Thailand is organizing the outdoor screening of the world class romantic film, DER HIMMEL ÜBER BERLIN or WINGS OF DESIRE, at the centre of the city of Bangkok, Lumpini Park (Bungtueng area) on Thursday 25 February 2016 at 18.30 p.m.

WINGS OF DESIRE marked Wenders’s “homecoming” and 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. One of them, Damiel (Bruno Ganz), wishes to become human after he falls in love with the beautiful trapeze artist Marion (Solveig Dommartin). Peter Falk, played by himself, helps him during his transformation, by introducing him to life’s little pleasures.

The film is narrated from the perspective of the angels, who see the world in black and white. Only when Damiel becomes human does the world of color reveal itself to him. He leaves behind his old friend Cassiel (Otto Sander), who continues to be accompanied by Homer (Curt Bois), the “storyteller of humanity.”

The film has achieved cult status all around the world; in 1998, it was remade under the title CITY OF ANGELS, which features Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan in the lead roles.

This is the good opportunity for the people of Bangkok (Krungthep - City of Angle) to experience the film's magic in the outdoor screening at the heart of the city. 

This special screening is part of Wim Wenders : Retrospective, taken place on the coming weekend 27 - 28 February and 5 March at the Film Archive. For more information, please stay tuned at facebook.com.thaifilmarchivepage.