Mystery Train

A full-length film by Jim Jarmusch set in Memphis, the birthplace of Elvis Presley, composed of three tragicomic stories that figuratively form the cars of the same train.

In the first, a young Japanese couple traces the footsteps of their rock-and-roll heroes and plans a visit to Graceland. In the second, an Italian woman named Louisa waits for a plane that is to carry her deceased husband's coffin back to Rome — but things become somewhat complicated. The third story follows a group of night troublemakers who take refuge in a small hotel.

The connections between the individual stories are revealed gradually and from different perspectives. Jarmusch alternates between several genres: an unconventional take on romantic comedy, a ghost story, and a distinctive crime thriller.