Project Detail

Only Lovers Left Alive

Synopsis

Set against the romantic desolation of Detroit and Tangier, an underground musician, deeply depressed by the direction of human activities, reunites with his resilient and enigmatic lover.
Their love story has already endured several centuries at least, but their debauched idyll is soon disrupted by her wild and uncontrollable younger sister.
Can these wise but fragile outsiders continue to survive as the modern world collapses around them?

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Features
Running time
123 mins
Format
HD
Director
Jim Jarmusch
Producer
Reinhard Brundig, Jeremy Thomas
Executive Producer
Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Stacey E. Smith
Editor
Affonso Gonçalves
Screenwriter
Jim Jarmusch
Director of Photography
Yorick Le Saux
Production Designer
Marco Bittner Rosser
Principal cast
Tom Hiddleston, Tilda Swinton, Mia Wasikowska

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Production Status

Production Company

Recorded Picture Company

24 Hanway Street
London W1T 1UH
Tel: +44 (0)20 7636 2251
Fax:+44 (0)20 636 2261

Pandora Film Produktion

Balthasarstr. 79-81
50670 Köln
Germany
Tel: +49-(0)221-97 33 20
Fax: +49-(0)221-97 33 29

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