THE NEW WORLD: Bela Molnar («Willie»), originally Hungarian, has lived in New York for the past ten years. Eva Molnar, his sixteen-year-old cousin, is just arriving in the U.S. to begin a new life and is forced to stay with Willie before travelling to Cleveland. During this period Willie's preconceptions of Eva slowly change, and it is only as she is leaving New York that Willie is able to see her in her true light: a «black sheep» of the family, similar to himself.
ONE YEAR LATER: Willie and his best friend, Eddie, are caught cheating in a poker game. On a whim, they decide to take their «winnings», borrow a car, and visit Eva who is now living with the stern and stubborn Aunt Lotte in the harsh mid-western winter. After several days, Willie and Eddie want to leave again.
PARADISE: Willie and Eddie decide to «kidnap» Eva and take her to Miami for a vacation in «Paradise». Once in Florida, the three stay in a run-down motel by the sea. From here on, things begin to fall apart: Willie and Eddie lose almost all their money at the dog races, Willie begins to treat Eva badly again, and everything seems to go wrong. Confusion builds as Eva considers returning to Europe, Willie and Eddie win their money back, and Willie attempts to get Eva off a plane departing for Budapest.
Stranger than Paradise
Jim Jarmusch
Born in 1953 in Akron, Ohio. Studied English and American literature at the Columbia University in New York. Film studies at the Tisch School of the Arts an der New York University. Active as a director, producer and writer.
1982 STRANGER THAN PARADISE, Kurzfilm HOF 1983 und 2021 1984 STRANGER THAN PARADISE, Spielfilm HOF 1985
1986 DOWN BY LAW Spielfilm HOF 1986
COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, Kurzfilm
1989 COFFEE AND CIGARETTES II, Kurzfilm
1989 MYSTERY TRAIN, Spielfilm HOF 1989
1991 NIGHT ON EARTH, Spielfilm
1995 COFFEE AND CIGARETTES III
DEAD MAN, Spielfilm HOF 1995
1997 YEAR OF THE HORSE, Dokumentarfilm HOF 1997
1999 GHOST DOG, Spielfilm
2003 COFFEE AND CIGARETTES, Spielfilm
2005 BROKEN FLOWERS, Spielfilm
2009 THE LIMITS OF CONTROL, Spielfilm
2013 ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE, Spielfilm
2016 PATERSON, Spielfilm HOF 2016 2019 THE DEAD DON’T DIE, Spielfilm