This film is hard to find in the theater or on video, but it is well worth the hunt for anyone who enjoys Wenders' films or films about the technical aspects of filmmaking. The film's star, Rudiger Vogler, is a wonderful actor and has played many different starring roles in Wenders' other films over the past 20 years or so. He is so charismatic that he really carries the film in spite of the typical (for Wenders) lack of focus and plot. This lack is not a problem with the film but rather a different view of filmmaking. "Lisbon Story" made me smile, not so much because it was funny, but because it was fun, light, excellently acted and directed, and unique.