April 1957: Rational engineer Faber's plane crashes in Mexico, where he learns that he became a father in 1938. He takes a ship from NYC to France and meets cute, young Sabeth. Is it fate?
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
ship
mother
chance
Trailer
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Letterboxd
3.2 / 5
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Cast
Sam Shepard
Walter Faber
Julie Delpy
Sabeth
Barbara Sukowa
Hannah
Traci Lind
Charlene
Deborra-Lee Furness
Ivy
Dieter Kirchlechner
Herbert Hencke
August Zirner
Joachim Hencke
Thomas Heinze
Kurt
Bill Dunn
Lewin
Peter Berling
Baptist
Lou Cutell
New York Doorman
Wynn Irwin
Dick
Crew
Volker Schlöndorff
Director
Rudy Wurlitzer
Screenplay
Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay
Stanley Myers
Original Music Composer
Giorgos Arvanitis
Director of Photography
Pierre Lhomme
Director of Photography
Agnès Tassel
Assistant Makeup Artist
Nikos Perakis
Production Design
Pat Golden
Casting
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
leifmovie23
5.0★ · 02/24/25
Strong transmission of the book! Weak transmission of the character!
Strong transmission of the book! Weak transmission of the character!