Stranger Than Paradise (USA, 1984)

Director Jim Jarmusch has his own style of filmmaking. His films are always slow paced, but the story is interesting enough to guide you all the way through the end. In his first film, Stranger Than Paradise, Willie (John Lurie) lives alone in New York. His cousin Eva comes from Budapest to stay with her aunt Lotte in Cleveland. Eva stays a couple of days with his cousin in New York. At first he does not like her around, but then a friendlier relationship establishes between them. Eva goes to Cleveland. Willy decides to go visit her. He and a friend borrow a car and drive to Cleveland. They visit aunt Lotte, who speaks more Hungarian than English, then they take Eva with them to Florida. It is as though they were looking for adventure and fun, but the cold weather in Cleveland and the lack of money do not help. This movie won at the Cannes Festival and earned Jarmusch international recognition.