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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

★ 7.2 · 2,912 ratings on TMDB
Inside Llewyn Davis poster★ 7.2

In Greenwich Village in the early 1960s, gifted but volatile folk musician Llewyn Davis struggles with money, relationships, and his uncertain future.

DirectorEthan Coen, Joel Coen
CastAdam Driver, Carey Mulligan, Ethan Phillips, Jeanine Serralles, Jerry Grayson, Justin Timberlake
GenresDrama, Music
The emergence reading

Inside Llewyn Davis 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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