Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. Though their romance, which has already endured several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

Director:

Jim Jarmusch

Writers:

Jim Jarmusch, Marion Bessay (adaptation)

Stars:

Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska

9 wins & 42 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tilda Swinton	...	Eve
Tom Hiddleston	...	Adam
Anton Yelchin	...	Ian
Mia Wasikowska	...	Ava
Jeffrey Wright	...	Dr. Watson
Slimane Dazi	...	Bilal
John Hurt	...	Christopher Marlowe
Carter Logan	...	Scott
Aurélie Thépaut	...	Flight Attendant
Ali Amine	...	Taxi Driver, Detroit
Dave W.	...	White Hills
Ego Sensation	...	White Hills
Nick Name	...	White Hills
Fouad El Achaari	...	Man on Street, Tangier
Hawchi Mustapha	...	Man on Street, Tangier

Storyline

Adam (Tom Hiddleston), an underground musician, reunites with his lover for centuries (Tilda Swinton) after he becomes depressed and tired with the direction human society has taken. Their love is interrupted and tested by her wild and uncontrollable little sister (Mia Wasikowska).

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Plot Keywords:

vampire | musician | tangier morocco | abandoned city | detroit michigan | 

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Taglines:

Cool people never die

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and brief nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

vampires Adam and Eve reminisce about Eve trying to knock the stars out of the sky to put in her hair. This isn't a vampire reference, it's a story from "Eve's Diary" by Mark Twain (1905).

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Goofs

When the power fails in Adam's house, all lights and appliances cease functioning instantly but one can still hear the record turntable slowing to a standstill over several seconds.

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Quotes

Adam: I just feel like all the sand is at the bottom of the hour glass or something.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojoUK: Top 10 Tom Hiddleston Performances (2017)

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Soundtracks

The Taste Of Blood
By Jozef van Wissem & Sqürl

User Reviews

Hip, smart and funny

Jim Jarmusch's delicious new comedy is a vampire movie unlike any other. It's set in the present but forget those "Twilight" sagas; these are vampires for the art-house crowd, smart, funny and yes, sexy creatures of the night, (the whole film takes place at night; there isn't a single shot in daylight), and I was crazy about them. Indeed Jarmusch has fashioned a masterpiece about a couple of lonely people whose only solace is each other, doomed if you like to be together for all eternity or until one of them gets a stake or a wooden bullet in the heart or drinks some 'bad blood'; (I loved the subtle AIDS metaphor; be careful who you bite). Adam, (tall, dark and sexy Tom Hiddleston), and Eve, (a mesmerizing Tilda Swinton), have been married to each other, several times it would appear, over the centuries but living separate lives, he in Detroit as a reclusive musician, she in Tangier where she has another old vampire for a friend. He is Christopher Marlowe, (yes that Christopher Marlowe), and he's played by John Hurt with a twinkle in his eye. It's when Eve visits Adam in Detroit, flying by night, (in a plane; what did you expect - bat-wings?), that all hell breaks loose in the shapely form of Eve's sexy sister, (a terrific Mia Wasikowska), who can't keep her fangs to herself. As you would expect from Jarmusch this is funny, intelligent and off-the-wall. Hiddleston proves to be a highly dapper comedian while Swinton is superb as Eve, getting all she can out of a life she knows is going to go on forever. Unmissable.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

UK Germany Greece France

Language:

English French Arabic Turkish

Release Date:

25 December 2013 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Only Lovers Left Alive

Filming Locations:

Detroit, Michigan, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$7,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$87,989, 13 April 2014

Gross USA:

$1,879,534

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,609,187

Company Credits

Production Co:

Recorded Picture Company (RPC), Pandora Filmproduktion, Snow Wolf Produktion

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Surround 7.1 Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1