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Stranger Than Paradise

Jim Jarmusch / US, DE, 1984 / 89 min.

Jarmusch’s first success is still seen as key moment in the history of independent film. John Lurie plays the lead in this drily comic portrait of a pair of post-punk twenty-somethings with no idea what to do with their lives. Winner of both a Golden Camera and a Golden Leopard.

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New York 'hipster' Willie (jazz musician John Lurie) gets an unexpected visit from his sixteen-year-old Hungarian niece. After a few days, she leaves to visit an aunt in Cleveland. Willie and his friend Eddie start to find life really tiresome, and a year later decide to track down Eva; but the emptiness in their lives remains.

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This movie is suitable for all agesThis movie contains foul language

Director

Jim Jarmusch

Production year

1984

Country

US, DE

Original title

Stranger Than Paradise

Length

89 min.

Language

English

Subtitles

NLD

Format

DCP

Part of

Eye Classics

Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.

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