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Eszter Balint - what members say


  • Stranger Than Paradise
  • Stranger Than Paradise review by from Aylesbury/Bucks/England
    Rated - 4.0 stars Beautiful uncomfortableness... 17 February 2008
    ... is rather low-key in his 'hip-ness'. His cousin from Hungary pays him a visit (Eszter Balint as Eva, maybe too low-key at times, though appropriately observant of foreign t...   Read customer review

Eszter Balint - filmography


  • Trees Lounge on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Steve Buscemi,  Anthony La Paglia,  Eszter Balint
    Director: Steve Buscemi
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Steve Buscemi's directorial debut is an acclaimed, often-comic examination of an unemployed barfly auto mechanic (Buscemi) and his pathetic non-existence. After being fired from his job, this Long Island loser spends his days and nights in the titular watering hole (when he's not out driving an ice-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 2,576 members
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  • Down By Law on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Chris Parker,  Tom Waits,  Leila Gastil
    Director: Jim Jarmusch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jim Jarmusch follows his groundbreaking Stranger Than Paradise with another rambling, character-driven film with a twisted sense of humor. Set in a seedy New Orleans summer, Down By Law details the meeting of three unlikely convicts and their just as unlikely escape. Zack (Tom Waits) is an out-of-..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 3,650 members
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  • Stranger Than Paradise on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Chris Parker,  Leila Gastil,  John Lurie
    Director: Jim Jarmusch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An award-winning film consisting of three thirty-minute vignettes which follow a young female immigrant who, together with her cousin and his sidekick, seeks the good life in sunny Florida. A series of hilarious coincidences leads to the unexpected conclusion.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 862 members
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  • Permanent Vacation on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Charlie Spademan,  Jane Fire,  Ruth Bolton
    Director: Jim Jarmusch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jim Jarmusch made his directorial debut with this episodic profile of one troubled hipster trying to make sense of his life. Aloysius Parker (Christopher Parker), known to his friends as Allie, is a young man with a damaged family background (his mother is in a mental institution and his father has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 408 members
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  • Jim Jarmusch Box Set - Vol. 1 (3 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Chris Parker,  Leila Gastil,  John Lurie
    Director: Jim Jarmusch
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Includes the following three films: Permanent Vacation (1980): In downtown Manhattan, Allie, a twenty-something guy (Chris Parker) whose Father is not around and whose Mother is institutionalized, is a big Charlie Parker fan. He almost subconsciously searches for more meaning in his life and meets ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 715 members
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Eszter Balint facts

5 most recent films

Trees Lounge - 3.5 stars
The Linguini Incident - 3.0 stars
Down By Law - 3.5 stars
Stranger Than Paradise - 3.5 stars
Permanent Vacation - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Down By Law - 3.5 stars
Stranger Than Paradise - 3.5 stars
Jim Jarmusch Box Set - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
Trees Lounge - 3.5 stars
Permanent Vacation - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Linguini Incident - 3.0 stars
Permanent Vacation - 3.0 stars
Trees Lounge - 3.5 stars
Jim Jarmusch Box Set - Vol. 1 - 3.5 stars
Stranger Than Paradise - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ellen Barkan - 4 times - show films
John Lurie - 4 times - show films
Tom Waits - 4 times - show films
Richard Edson - 4 times - show films
Robert Benigni - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jim Jarmusch - 4 times - show films
Steve Buscemi - 2 times - show films
Richard Shepard - 1 times - show films