“Paris, Texas” is a 1984 drama directed by Wim Wenders and written by Sam Sheppard and L.M. Kit Carson. It stars Harry Dean Stanton as Travis Henderson, an amnesiac who stumbles out of a Texas desert after a four years absence. The film opens with Travis walking through a desert. When he enters a saloon, he collapses from heat and exhaustion. After he is unresponsive to doctor’s questions, the doctor finds a phone number on him and reaches Walt (Dean Stockwell), his brother in California, who agrees to come pick him up. Walt comes to Texas and finds Travis wandering alone. He decides to take him to his Los Angeles home. As they are traveling to LA, Walt tries to break Travis’ silence, and the pieces of Travis’ past are revealed. Travis has disappeared four years ago, leaving his young son Hunter behind. Hunter is living with Walt and his wife Anne, who have taken care of him for the past four years. Visibly shaken Travis begins to open up. In LA, he gradually forms a bond with his son. He also learns that his estranged wife Jane (Nastassja Kinski) is living in Houston, Texas, and that she is still putting money on Hunter’s bank account on the same day every month. Travis decides to go and find her, and he is accompanied by Hunter. In fairly unusual circumstances, Travis confesses to Jane how his drinking and his jealousy suffocated their marriage, and how his feeling of guilt and shame drew him to distance himself from all humanity. He arranges a meeting between Jane and Hunter, and we see him driving out of Houston, alone.
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