Stranger Than Paradise

Stranger Than Paradise

1984 · 1 hr 29 min · R

Comedy, Drama

Directors

Jim Jarmusch

Actors

  • John Lurie
  • Eszter Balint
  • Richard Edson

Credits: 4

Summary

A New Yorker's life is thrown into a tailspin when his younger cousin surprise-visits him, starting a strange, unpredictable adventure.

More about this movie

A self-styled New York hipster is paid a surprise visit by his younger cousin from Budapest. From initial hostility and indifference a small degree of affection grows between the two. Along with a friend, they eventually end up visiting their aunt in the wastelands of Cleveland and then proceed to Florida where they lose all their money gambling before unwittingly gaining a fortune.