Cities of the Plain
MovieTitle | Cités de la plaine |
User score | 6.3 |
Release date | Apr 9, 2000 |
Genre | Drama, Documentary |
Director | Robert Kramer |
Production country | FR |
Run time | 105 min. |
The final film from expatriate American filmmaker Robert Kramer, who died in France in 1999. Kramer and collaborators tell the somber life story of Ben. After leaving his homeland as a youth, he is greeted in France by menial jobs in industry. In time, he opens a fruit market, finds a wife, fathers a child, and has it all come crashing down when he learns his mother is in danger back home. Upon his return to France, he finds his life in ruin.