“PALERMO SHOOTING” is the new feature film from legendary German film director WIM WENDERS (”Paris Texas”, “Wings of Desire” etc).

The original soundtrack to “Palermo Shooting” reads like a who’s who of celebrated alternative artists and features many tracks recorded especially for the film. Wenders’ old friend Nick Cave appears twice with his band GRINDERMAN who contribute two new tracks - “Dream (Song For Finn) and “Song For Frank” - while Bonny Prince Billy and Matt Sweeney recorded the sublime “Torn and Betrayed” for the film. Other artists to record original music for the film include Irmin Schmidt, Sibylle Baier, Get Well Soon and Thom.

The soundtrack also features tracks from acclaimed artists such as Portishead, Calexico, Beirut, Iron and Wine, Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man and The Velvet Underground.

“Palermo Shooting” is released in July on City Slang. No self-respecting musical aficionado will want to be without it…

Here’s some details about the film:

Wim Wenders, who won the Palme d’Or for his 1984 movie, “Paris, Texas,” is to screen “The Palermo Shooting,” a romantic thriller with a multilingual, multinational cast, Dennis Hopper, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Milla Jovovich.

As a successful photographer of world-wide renown, Finn leads a life that is as prominent as it is hectic. He gets by with very little sleep, his cell phone is never still, and the music from his headphones is his most constant companion.

But when his life suddenly spins out of control, Finn takes off and leaves everything behind. His journey leads him from Düsseldorf to Palermo. There he finds himself persecuted by a mysterious shooter who’s after him with a vengeance. At the same time a whole new life is
beginning for Finn. And a great love…

Campino, singer with German punk band Die Toten Hosen, stars as Finn, a photographer from Dusseldorf. Here he is shown capturing model Milla Jovovich (she plays herself), who was actually pregnant during filming.

At the start of the film, Finn is shown to be a photographer of some renown, but as his life starts to unravel he decides to leave all the success behind.

On his journey into the unknown, he finds himself tracked by a mysterious assassin and encounters the ominous Frank, played by Dennis Hopper, who warns him that death is not far away.

Finn’s destination is Palermo, where he meets the beautiful Flavia (Giovanna Mezzogiorno). In Sicily’s capital, Finn and Flavia fall in love and Finn begins a new life, with renewed hope.