Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

Directed by

Jim Jarmusch

Genre

drama film, musical film, romance film, vampire film

Country

Cyprus, Germany, United Kingdom, France

Runtime

2h 03m

Rated

R

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 2,415 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A vampire musician and his lover reunite in a decaying city while dealing with a restless younger vampire. The film follows their centuries-old relationship and their struggle with boredom and mortality.

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What happens

Only Lovers Left Alive is a 2013 Gothic fantasy drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yelchin, Jeffrey Wright, Slimane Dazi and John Hurt. An international co-production between the United Kingdom and Germany, the film focuses on the romance between two vampires and was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. In 2016, the film was ranked among the BBC's 100 Greatest Films of the 21st Century by 177 critics around the world. In late 2019, it was named the fourth greatest film of the 2010s by The Hollywood Reporter's chief film critic Todd McCarthy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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