Land of Plenty

Land of Plenty

2004 · 123 min · EN · 6.0 (41 votes)
Dir. Wim Wenders · Starring Michelle Williams, John Diehl, Shaun Toub, Burt Young, Jeris Poindexter, Wendell Pierce
Drama

After living abroad, Lana returns to the United States, and finds that her uncle is a reclusive vagabond with psychic wounds from the Vietnam War.

VIBE

A hauntingly quiet film that lingers in the aftermath of trauma. It feels like a slow drift through fragmented memories and unspoken pain, set against a backdrop of urban alienation and lingering unease.

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