Lights from Afar
1998, German. Directed by Helga Reidemeister.
Berlin, the German capital again, a few years after the fall of the Wall. The city in upheaval is also changing the lives of its inhabitants. A young photographer experiences these changes as a rupture, he looks into an unclear, unsettling future and increasingly feels like a stranger in his old city. He and his friends from the generation of the children of the Wall try to find a new identity without losing the old one. Young artists who fail the profitability test of the market economy. In his search, Robert Paris ends up far away, in India. Back in Berlin, he started developing photos again - the first in years...
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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- Released
- 16 February 1998
- Original title
- Lichter aus dem Hintergrund
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Guntram Weber, Helga Reidemeister
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Lights from Afar (1998) was directed by Helga Reidemeister and stars Robert Paris, Mathias Noack, Maren Herzig.