A man wanders out of the desert with no memory and returns to his home town. With the aid of his brother, he tries to piece together his past and find his estranged wife and child. Wim Wenders' drama, starring Harry Dean Stanton, Nastassja Kinski, Dean Stockwell and Aurore Clement.

A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.