KINGS OF THE ROAD (EUFF VIET NAM 2026)
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KINGS OF THE ROAD <CURATED BY TRAN ANH HUNG>
West Germany — 175’ — 1976
Director & Writer: Wim Wenders
Cast: Rüdiger Vogler, Hanns Zischler
Cinematography: Robby Müller
Music: Improved Sound Limited, Axel Linstädt
Keywords: Road movie, Friendship
Age rating: T18
19:30 — 06.12.2026 — National Cinema Centre, 87 Lang Ha, Hanoi
19:30 — 28.11.2026 — Galaxy Cinema, 116 Nguyen Du, HCMC
19:30 — 04.12.2026 — Metiz Cinema, Helio Center, 2/9 Road, Da Nang
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KINGS OF THE ROAD is about a friendship between two men: Bruno, the gallivanting film projectors repairman - and Robert, a psychologist fleeing from his own past. When Robert drives his old Volkswagen straight into the Elbe river, he is fished out by Bruno. This is the beginning of their shared journey through a German no-man’s land.
Wenders began the film without a script. Instead, there was a route that he had scouted out beforehand: all of the little border-towns that still contained a movie theater in this era of cinematic mass extinction. The old moving van with the film projectors in the back becomes a metaphor of the history of film—it is no coincidence that the film is dedicated to Fritz Lang.
‘A gentle film that evokes a sense of time moving slowly, free from the rush of daily life or the urgency of the narrative itself, placing no pressure on the viewer and instead encouraging them to make films of their own. It captures the joy of scouting locations and shooting with a small crew.’ (Tran Anh Hung)
* Screens with restoration copy
Still images © 1976 Wim Wenders Produktion. Courtesy of Wim Wenders Stiftung
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