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Paris, Texas

A place for dreams. A place for heartbreak. A place to pick up the pieces.

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.

19842h 25mRDrama

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About Paris, Texas

Directors
Wim Wenders
Cast
Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell, Hunter Carson, Aurore Clément, Bernhard Wicki
Genres
Drama
Content rating
R
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom, Germany, France
Status
Released

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