Stranger Than Paradise
The Frida Cinema's seating is first-come, first-serve. For our Midnight Screenings, please plan on arriving by 11:30pm to ensure ample time for parking, picking up concessions, and securing optimal seats. Screening will begin promptly at midnight.
Director: Jim Jarmusch Run Time: 86 min. Rating: R Release Year: 1984
Starring: Cecillia Stark, Danny Rosen, Eszter Balint, John Lurie, Richard Edson
Stranger Than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch’s 1984 absurdist comedy, breezes through for its 40th anniversary.
The story begins with Willie (John Lurie), a disaffected Hungarian immigrant living in New York City, who reluctantly hosts his visiting cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) from Budapest. After an initially awkward period, the two form a bond. Later, Willie and his friend Eddie (Richard Edson) take a road trip to Cleveland to visit Eva, and then the trio heads to Florida, hoping for a change in their monotonous lives. Their journey is marked by a series of understated, comedic misadventures that highlight the aimlessness and ennui of their existence.
Winning the Camera d’Or award at Cannes, Stranger Than Paradise is widely regarded as a landmark in indie cinema.