Paterson (Adam Driver) is a bus driver in, coincidentally, Paterson, New Jersey. He lives in a humble home with his girlfriend Laura (Golshifteh Farahani) and they are happily in love with each other and their dog. Paterson also happens to write poetry routinely as he goes around town in his bus and experiences everyday life.
As anyone who has heard of this film you will probably know that there is no hook in the synopsis, no inciting incident. Paterson is a film that looks at routine and ordinariness and succeeds in that is a, fittingly, poetic look at the joys of simplicity and tranquility and a wonderfully absorbing filmmaking effort that is most unlikely to any other film I've seen this year.
