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Only Lovers Left Alive
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Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

Directed by Jim Jarmusch

User Rating

4.1
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Intensity

2.0
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2 ratings
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A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

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Director
Jim Jarmusch
Written by
Jim Jarmusch
Cinematographer
Yorick Le Saux
Sound Designer
Robert Hein
Origin countries
Germany, France, United Kingdom, Greece
Production countries
United Kingdom, Germany, France, Greece, United States, Morocco
Runtime
2h 3m
Language
English
Rating
R
TMDB
7.2/10 (2,449 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes
86% Fresh
Metacritic
79/100
IMDb
7.2/10 (114,359 votes)
Released December 12, 2013·$7,000,000 budget·$8,213,623 revenue

Awards

  • NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(2015)

Cast

Crew

Jim Jarmusch

Jim Jarmusch

Director

Jeremy Thomas

Jeremy Thomas

Producer

Reinhard Brundig

Reinhard Brundig

Producer

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Jozef van Wissem

Original Music Composer

Yorick Le Saux

Yorick Le Saux

Director of Photography

Affonso Gonçalves

Affonso Gonçalves

Editor

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Marco Bittner Rosser

Production Design

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Bart Walker

Executive Producer

Christos V. Konstantakopoulos

Christos V. Konstantakopoulos

Executive Producer

Jean Labadie

Jean Labadie

Executive Producer

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Peter Watson

Executive Producer

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Stacey Smith

Executive Producer

Soundtrack

SQÜRL, Jozef Van Wissem

Only Lovers Left Alive (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

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Podcasts

The Evolution of Horror — VAMPIRES: Pt 23 - Only Lovers Left Alive (2013) & A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night (2014)

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