After some maligned soul searching journeys in contemporary America (Land of Plenty and Don't Come Knocking), it appears that Wim Wenders is officially headed back to his euro-roots, carrying some American friends in his luggage. Screen Daily reports that Dennis Hopper (The American Friend) and musical vets who have contributed to Wender's work ion the past in Lou Reed and Patti Smith are joining his German produced romantic travelogue.
Originally titled Lisbon Story, Palermo Shooting has began shooting in Duesseldorf yesterday. Starring a slew of German actors and the lead singer of German punk band Die Toten Hosen, this is about a photographer Finn who is experiencing an existential crisis. Finn's quest for an answer to the meaning of life sends him on a journey from Duesseldorf to Palermo – and along the way he finds a new love.
The production by Wenders' own outfit Wenders Images in collaboration with broadcasters ZDF and Arte, and Pictorion Das Werk with backing from Filmstiftung NRW, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg and the Province of Palermo (AAPIT) will be shooting in Duesseldorf, Neuss and Essen for the next two weeks before moving to Sicily where it will wrap on Nov 2.
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