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Lucky
Why this pick
Like Paterson, it finds tenderness, ritual and quiet humor in a repeated daily circuit, letting small encounters and patient observation become its emotional core.
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MOVIE2016 1h 51m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
The film spans one week, beginning with Monday, in the life of Paterson, a bus driver in Paterson, New Jersey. Every day follows much the same pattern: Paterson gets up early and goes to work, where he listens to passengers talking and, during pauses, writes poetry in a notebook he carries with him. After work he walks Marvin, his wife's dog, and stops for a beer at Shades Bar, where he interacts with the other patrons and the owner, Doc (Barry Shabaka Henley).
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Adam Driver
Paterson
Golshifteh Farahani
Laura
Chasten Harmon
Marie
William Jackson Harper
Everett
Rizwan Manji
Donny
Jaden Michael
Boy on Bus #2
Brian McCarthy
Jimmy
Frank Harts
Luis