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Stranger Than Paradise

1984 · TMDB 7.2

Directed by Jim Jarmusch

New York layabout Willie forms an unexpected bond with his young Hungarian cousin Eva when she pays him a surprise visit. Later, Eva moves in with their aunt in Cleveland, and Willie takes his best friend Eddie to see her—a visit that culminates in a strange, eventful trip to Florida.

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Jim Jarmusch's deadpan debut follows a Hungarian immigrant and his cousin as they shuffle between New York, Cleveland, and a frozen Florida. The road here is a series of non-events, each stop more anticlimactic than the last.

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