Only Lovers Left Alive

Tom's great love Eve (Tilda Swinton) has found refuge thousands of miles away in the romantic casbah of Tangier. When she senses that her world-weary companion is about to put an end to his immortality, she immediately sets out to find him. Adam and Eve's love has endured for centuries, but their debauched idyll is abruptly shattered by Eve's wild sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska). ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE by Jim Jarmusch with Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston premiered at Cannes; followed by the Toronto International Film Festival.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Love
  • Pola Beck
  • Romance
  • Storyline: True Romance
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  • Aging
  • conflict
  • desire
  • relationship

Actors

  • Tilda Swinton
  • Tom Hiddleston
  • John Hurt
  • Mia Wasikowska
  • Jeffrey Wright
  • Anton Yelchin
  • Slimane Dazi
  • Carter Logan

Director

  • Jim Jarmusch

Horror, Romance


2h 2min


12 FSK

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France
Germany
Greece
United Kingdom
2012
Hiding out in a run-down mansion in Detroit, underground musician Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is forced to contend with the demands of the modern world.

Hiding out in a run-down mansion in Detroit, underground musician Adam (Tom Hiddleston) is forced to contend with the demands of the modern world.


Tom's great love Eve (Tilda Swinton) has found refuge thousands of miles away in the romantic casbah of Tangier. When she senses that her world-weary companion is about to put an end to his immortality, she immediately sets out to find him. Adam and Eve's love has endured for centuries, but their debauched idyll is abruptly shattered by Eve's wild sister Ava (Mia Wasikowska).


ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE by Jim Jarmusch with Tilda Swinton and Tom Hiddleston premiered at Cannes; followed by the Toronto International Film Festival.

Festivals

Cast & Crew