Wings of Fame

Wings of Fame

1990 · 116 min · EN · R · 6.5 (24 votes)
Dir. Otakar Votoček · Starring Peter O'Toole, Colin Firth, Marie Trintignant, Andréa Ferréol, Robert Stephens, Ellen Umlauf · Music Paul M. van Brugge

“If you think life is strange, wait till you see what comes next.”

DramaFantasyComedy

After several attempts to approach film star Cesar Valentin, writer Brian Smith takes matters into his own hands, shooting the actor in front of hundreds of fans, only to be killed himself in the ensuing chaos. Achieving instant notoriety, Smith transcends with Valentin to a luxury hotel in the afterlife, a strange new world beyond the veil of mortality inhabited exclusively by dead celebrities.

VIBE

This film offers a darkly comedic and surreal journey into a unique afterlife, where the pursuit of fame takes on a new, existential dimension. It's a philosophical exploration of celebrity culture and identity, wrapped in an intriguing, character-driven fantasy that feels both whimsical and profound.

darkly comedicsatiricalsurrealphilosophicalintriguingsteadysurrealist fantasysatirical dramaEuropean art-housecharacter-drivenfamemortalitycelebrity cultureidentitythe afterlife
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