The State of Things

This road movie by Wim Wenders follows a film crew stranded in Portugal. Director Friedrich Munroe (Patrick Bauchau), the cameraman (Sam Fuller), the screenwriter, and the actors find themselves abandoned by the producer. After shooting the last few meters of film — a remake of a science fiction thriller — all they can do is wait. Between participating in a Francis Ford Coppola project and supporting Raúl Ruiz during his filming in Portugal, Wenders also took the opportunity to direct the symbolic The State of Things, a co-production with Paulo Branco, between Lisbon and Sintra.