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Inside Llewyn Davis

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• Drama
• Music

• 2013
• Ethan Coen
• 100 mins
• 15

Summary

Comedy drama starring Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan. Greenwich Village, 1961: In a bitter New York winter, folk singer Llewyn Davis is struggling with poor album sales, lack of money, no permanent place to live and a convoluted personal life.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Damon Wise

The backbiting New York folk scene of Bob Dylan's 1965 put-down anthem Positively 4th Street is the setting for one of the Coen brothers' most soulful films to date, a low-key, melancholy comedy of sorts about a singer trying to find a balance between artistic integrity and mainstream success. Oscar Isaac stars in the title role, a Greenwich Village performer who is struggling to make it through the winter of 1961 after losing his musical partner. Shuttling between friends' apartments, Isaac abuses everyone's trust - notably the unsuspecting Justin Timberlake, whose wife (Carey Mulligan) he has been seeing behind his back - until the prospect of an audition in Chicago holds the promise of a new beginning. Inside Llewyn Davis finds the Coens as deadpan and dry-witted as ever, but it nevertheless hides a rich seam of sadness that comes to the fore whenever Isaac sings. The music choices alone will ensure this haunting, beautifully detailed film will live a long and lasting life.

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7.4/10

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Cast

rolenameLlewyn DavisOscar IsaacJean BerkeyCarey MulliganRoland TurnerJohn GoodmanJohnny FiveGarrett HedlundJim BerkeyJustin TimberlakeBud GrossmanF Murray AbrahamAl CodyAdam DriverMarty GreenAlex KarpovskyPappi CorsicatoMax CasellaMitch GorfeinEthan Phillips

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rolenameDirectorEthan CoenDirectorJoel Coen

Details

Theatrical distributor

Studio Canal

Released on

2014-01-24

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, some violence.

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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