John Malkovich, Sophie Marceau, Peter Weller, Fanny Ardant, Jean Reno, Irene Jacob, Vincent Perez, Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau. Add to this two brilliant directors of different generations: Michelangelo Antonioni and Wim Wenders. There you have, a perfect recipe for a perfect movie.

Beyond The Clouds is not perfect in a traditional sense. What makes it more than just a notable work is that it shows how a director who once knew everything, or at least thought that he knew everything, has become so inconclusive, suggesting answers but never giving in a precise judgement; a change that probably occurred by getting so close to death - Antonioni had a stroke in 1985 which left him mute and paralyzed. His own physical silence at the time reflects to the general mood of the movie; it is the director's
"looking", what we see. The film is co-directed by Wim Wenders, helped by Antonioni's wife, in order to establish the verbal communication between Antonioni and the rest.

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