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Quick Info

Rating

7.2/10

Release2013

Runtime2h 3m

StatusReleased

Budget$7,000,000

Revenue$8,213,623

Production

Recorded Picture Company

Pandora Film

Snow Wolf Produktion

Faliro House Productions

HanWay Films

Le Pacte

ARD Degeto

Lago Film

Road Movies

Movie

Only Lovers Left Alive

2013

2h 3m

7.2

Drama

Romance

Fantasy

Synopsis

A depressed musician reunites with his lover. However, their romance, already played over several centuries, is disrupted by the arrival of her uncontrollable younger sister.

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