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Paterson, played by Adam Driver, is a bus driver who lives
with his wife Laura in Paterson, New Jersey. He follows a
precise, mundane daily routine but also writes poems.
Laura (Iranian-French actress Golshifteh Farahani) obsessively
repaints objects and furniture in their home black and white.
The movie's "story" - if it can be called that - unfolds over
seven days. Paterson drives his bus around the city, walks his
dog Marvin, drinks a single beer in the bar and then returns to
Laura.
"She's not a cliched housewife, she's very illuminated and
interested and very active within just the confines of her
house," Jarmusch said at a news conference. "She's very creative
and expresses and chooses who she is.
"And the same with Paterson. He's a man who drives a bus every
day but he chooses to be also a poet and to be both these things
it's his choices and his destiny."
As well as "Paterson", Jarmusch's documentary "Gimme Danger", on
the rock band The Stooges, will also be released in Cannes.
"They're both about the idea that you in your life can choose
your path, you can choose what you do in your life," the
director said.
Paterson, one of the 21 films in the main competition, premieres
in Cannes on Monday.
The 63-year-old Jarmusch, one of the gurus of independent
American cinema, won the Grand Prix - for the most original film
- in Cannes with "Broken Flowers" in 2005, and the Camera d'Or
for best first feature film for "Stranger than Paradise" in
1984.
(Editing by Andrew Roche)
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