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Paterson

2016 · Drama · Jim Jarmusch · 1h 58m

A bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey writes poems in a notebook, walks his dog, and has one beer in the same bar each night. The film is a week of that, with small variations.

  • Strongly slow
  • Strongly intimate
  • Strongly realistic
  • Strongly character-driven
  • Strongly light

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