Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Michelle Williams | ... | Lana | |
John Diehl | ... | Paul | |
Shaun Toub | ... | Hassan | |
Wendell Pierce | ... | Henry | |
Richard Edson | ... | Jimmy | |
Burt Young | ... | Sherman | |
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Yuri Elvin | ... | Officer Elvin (as Yuri Z. Elvin) |
Jeris Poindexter | ... | Charles (as Jeris Lee Poindexter) | |
Rhonda Stubbins White | ... | Dee Dee | |
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Victoria Thomas | ... | News Reporter |
Matthew Kimbrough | ... | News Anchor | |
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Paul West | ... | Policeman |
Jeffrey Vincent Parise | ... | Coroner's Assistant (as Jeff Parise) | |
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Christa Lang | ... | Trailer Park Woman |
Warren Stearns | ... | Mortician |
The American daughter of missionaries Lana returns to Los Angeles from Palestine to work in a mission helping homeless people. Lana was born in Ohio and raised in South Africa and Middle East, and she is an authentic citizen of the world, connected through Internet and aware of how other people see the lack of culture and knowledge and exaggerated patriotism of average American people. Her unique relative is her unknown uncle Paul, a veteran of Vietnam War that cut relationships with his family and is bigot and paranoid. Paul lives in a surveillance van, lives as if he were a secret agent, sees conspiracy and terrorist cells everywhere, and has a great prejudice against Arabs and other non-American breeds after the September, 11th. They meet each other, and when they see the murder of a poor Pakistanis nearby the mission, they travel together to the small town of Trone to deliver his corpse to the family, where Paul sees a different reality. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A must-see for anyone who is either a Wim Wenders fan or a person interested in the fears and hopes of contemporary America. German director in a brilliant way makes us ponder upon all the issues so essential to understanding American reality after 9/11. Ethnic prejudices, stereotypes, homelessness,terrorism, Vietnam war, pursuit for an identity, search for lost relatives - all these components are omnipresent, smoothly woven. Wenders mastery reveals in the fact that he manages to touch upon serious topics and in the same time introduce elements of humor and even grotesque.
"Land of plenty" leaves us with the voice of Leonard Cohen and plenty of thoughts about relation between individual and contemporary world.