Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover. Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister. Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 3 min.
- Country, year
- United States, Germany, France, Cyprus, United Kingdom, 2013
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Jim Jarmusch
- Screenplay
- Jim Jarmusch
- Cinematography
- Yorick Le Saux
- Music
- Jozef van Wissem
- Cast
- Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska, John Hurt
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- in competition
- unknown - 1
- Cult Gala.
Director
Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch was born in 1953 in Ohio. Attended Columbia University where he studied literature and poetry, later enrolled in the esteemed filmmaking program at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He has directed the features Permanent Vacation (1980), Stranger Than Paradise (1984), which won the Camera d’Or at Cannes, internationally acclaimed Down by Law (1986), Mystery Train (1989), Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999). In 2003 J. Jarmusch completed and released the critically successful Coffee and Cigarettes. In 2005 Broken Flowers won the Grand Prix at Cannes. J. Jarmusch has long been considered a seminal figure in American independent cinema.
