The American Friend

Description

By Wim Wenders. Starring Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Nicholas Ray. Digitally restored copy. A picture framer and restorer in Hamburg believes he is suffering from a terminal illness. An American friend introduces him to a gangster who offers him a paid murder... An exercise in formalism paying homage to American film noir, with countless cinephile references and the presence of figures such as Samuel Fuller, Dennis Hopper, Jean Eustache, Daniel Schmid, and Nicholas Ray – which alone serves as a key. The story, based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith, weaves its plot with the archetypes of a genre that has become conventional, but the urban images, the modernism of the spaces, the polychromy, and other elements of today's metropolitan architecture compose a cold symphony that opens onto the countryside, the deserted beach, the sky, or the sea. West Germany, France · 1977 · 125' · original version with French subtitles - format: DC@CAP 1 – Capitole, Freddy Buache Hall (CAP 1) - indicative price: 10.-

Highlights

• Digitally restored version of a classic film
• Directed by Wim Wenders, featuring Dennis Hopper
• Based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith

General Information

The American Friend is a 1977 film directed by Wim Wenders, showcasing a picture framer in Hamburg who is drawn into a world of crime. This screening at Cinémathèque suisse features the original version with French subtitles and runs for 125 minutes.

Location

Avenue du Théâtre 6, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland

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