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Night on Earth (1991)

★ 7.5 · 1,040 ratings on TMDB

Five taxis. Five cities. One night.

Night on Earth poster★ 7.5

A quintet of cabbies in five cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

DirectorJim Jarmusch
CastArmin Mueller-Stahl, Béatrice Dalle, Gena Rowlands, Giancarlo Esposito, Isaach de Bankolé, Matti Pellonpää
GenresComedy, Drama
The emergence reading

Night on Earth keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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