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Drily humorous road movie in black-and-white by American indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. Hungarian immigrant Willie from New York, his best friend Eddie and his cousin Eva from Hungary decide to seek their fortune and travel via Cleveland to Florida.

Minimalist and drily humorous road movie in three chapters and black-and-white. The sixteen-year-old Hungarian Eva visits her cousin Willie, an immigrant in New York, who tries to earn a living by playing poker, but she soon leaves out of boredom and goes to her aunt in Cleveland. Willie and his best friend Eddie decide to visit her there, and the three of them continue their journey to Florida to seek their fortune there. One of the ten films selected by Guest of the Year Frans van Gestel.

Title: Stranger Than Paradise
Year: 1984
Duration : 1 hour, 29 minutes
Category: Feature film
Edition: NFF 2011

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