Room 999

Oct 5, 2023

1h 26m

★ 5.6

Overview

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: “is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?”

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

MK Productions

Wim Wenders Stiftung

Room 999 Trailers

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Cast

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Wim Wenders

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Audrey Diwan

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Pietro Marcello

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Joachim Trier

Self

David Cronenberg

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Claire Denis

Self

James Gray

Self

Rebecca Zlotowski

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Olivier Assayas

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Nadav Lapid

Self

Asghar Farhadi

Self

Alice Rohrwacher

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