Homo Faber (1991)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Volker Schlöndorff

Writers:

Max Frisch (novel)
Rudy Wurlitzer (writer)

Release Date:

31 January 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Even the darkest secret couldn't keep them apart.

Plot:

Walter Faber (Sam Shepard) has survived a crash with an airplane. His next trip is by ship. On board...

Plot Keywords:

Boat | Snake Bite | Incest | Human Relationship | 1950s

Awards:

3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Sam Shepard	...	Walter Faber
Julie Delpy	...	Sabeth
Barbara Sukowa	...	Hannah
Dieter Kirchlechner	...	Herbert Hencke
Traci Lind	...	Charlene
Deborra-Lee Furness	...	Ivy
August Zirner	...	Joachim
Thomas Heinze	...	Kurt
Bill Dunn	...	Lewin
Peter Berling	...	Baptist
Lorna Farrar	...	Arlette
Kathleen Matiezen	...	Lady Stenographer
Lou Cutell	...	New York Doorman
Charley Hayward	...	Joe
Irwin Wynn	...	Dick

Also Known As:

O taxidiotis (Greece)
The Voyager (France)
Voyager (USA)

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

France | Germany | Greece | UK

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 (bw) | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Germany

Company:

Action Films

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Air I Breathe (2007)

Keep travelling around and leave no memory, no trail...

Film helps the sales of a book but seldom vice versa. Not until today I got to know that Max Frisch was so famous and valued in Germany, though heavy European style can be sensed. In town, amongst all the public and university libraries, we can only have three worn-out copies (English translation) in total. The last read date perhaps is 1960, who knows? Sorry, we are not into the book. If it's not the movie, no one here would know who Frisch is. Gotta read the book to see what it's actually about.

I like beautiful things. Beautiful scenery of so many countries between Europe and South America, lovely love story, beautiful Julie, still hunky Tom, Greek tragedy, why not? When I watched this in 1991, I felt so happy to see young Julie's sweet smiles and the reverse oedipal expression. Even the Chinese name is tantalizing, "A Glassy Rose": something pretty, smooth and shiny but fragile, just like the relationship amongst Walter, Hannah and Sabeth.

Walter is a chaser, he got lots to do one after one, one after one until his heart was fateful hitched tight by a young girl. Voyager should be without legs, they should keep flying on because once they stop and tread on the ground, that would be lethal.