Eszter Balint

Trees Lounge -- A man drifting through time desperately searches for some meaning to his life.

All Tommy wants from life is what everyone else has- a job, a girl, a good time. But the harder he tries, the worse things get. And the more time he spends at Trees Lounge, his Long Island neighborhood bar, the more involved he gets with the lives of the colorful characters he meets there. Acclaimed actor Steve Buscemi wrote, directed and stars in this freshly original slice-of-life blend of humor, drama and heartfelt emotion.

All Tommy wants from life is what everyone else has - a job, a girl, a good time. But the harder he tries, the worse things get. And the more time he spends at Trees Lounge, his Long Island neighborhood bar, the more involved he gets with the lives of the colorful characters he meets there. Acclaimed actor Steve Buscemi wrote, directed and stars in this freshly original slice-of-life blend of humor, drama and heartfelt emotion.

Rootless Hungarian émigré Willie (John Lurie), his pal Eddie (Richard Edson), and visiting sixteen-year-old cousin Eva (Eszter Balint) always manage to make the least of any situation, whether aimlessly traversing the drab interiors and environs of New York City, Cleveland, or an anonymous Florida suburb. With its delicate humor and dramatic nonchalance, Jim Jarmusch?s one-of-a-kind minimalist masterpiece, Stranger Than Paradise, forever transformed the landscape of American independent cinema.