FILMFORUM in der Deutschen Botschaft Februar Tuesday/Dienstag, 18.02.2014, 19:30

“Don't come knocking” Wim Wenders 2004/05; 118 Min, ENGLISH VERSION with German Subtitles Eintritt frei/ Free Entry

Howard Spence has seen better days. When he was younger he was a movie star, mostly in Westerns. At the age of sixty, Howard uses drugs, alcohol and young girls to avoid the painful truth that there are only supporting roles left for him to play. After yet another night of debauchery in his trailer, Howard awakens in disgust to find that he is still alive, but that nobody in the world would have missed him if he had died. That morning Howard is absent from the film set. Instead, we see him galloping away on his movie horse in his costume – full cowboy regalia. But there is no camera filming him this time. Howard is fleeing, from the film and his life. Howard Spence mag nicht mehr. In Utah verlässt der gealterte Western-Star heimlich den Drehort und flieht zu seiner Mutter nach Nevada. Sie erzählt ihm, dass er in Montana ein Kind haben soll; Howard begibt sich auf die Suche, findet in Butte den Sohn, dessen Mutter und auch noch eine Tochter. Die Begegnungen mit den potentiellen Familienmitgliedern verlaufen konfliktreich – bis ein Versicherungsagent den Schauspieler aufspürt und an den Drehort zurückbringt.