Inside Llewyn Davis poster

Inside Llewyn Davis

2013104 minutesR
3.5
Arcplot Score
📝 Unconventional
Unverified
⭐ 7.4IMDb
🍅 92%Rotten Tomatoes
Ⓜ️ 93/100Metacritic
🎬 7.2TMDb
📊 3.2Popularity
🏆Nominated for 2 Oscars. 47 wins & 174 nominations total
Genre: Drama, Music
Directed by: Coen Brothers
Follow a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Guitar in tow, huddled against the unforgiving New York winter, he is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles -- some of them of his own making.

Box Office

Budget:$11.0M
Revenue:$32.9M
Profit:$21.9M

Arcplot Score Breakdown

Beat Timing Precision5.4/10
Emotional Arc Impact3/10
Thematic Consistency2/10
Overall Score3.5/10

Beat Sheet

15 plot points

Inside Llewyn Davis Arcplot
1
Opening Image
1 min
2
Theme Stated
5 min
3
Set-Up
12 min
4
Catalyst
22 min
5
Debate
30 min
6
Break Into Two
40 min
7
B Story
50 min
8
Fun and Games
60 min
9
Midpoint
70 min
10
Bad Guys Close In
80 min
11
All Is Lost
90 min
12
Dark Night of the Soul
95 min
13
Break Into Three
100 min
14
Finale
102 min
15
Final Image
103 min

Emotional Arc

+100-10

Plot Points

#1

Opening Image

1 min

Llewyn Davis performing alone in NYC club. Lonely tone.

#2

Theme Stated

5 min

Music is his life, but struggles to survive.

#3

Set-Up

12 min

Living with friends, failing gigs, challenges of career and relationships.

#4

Catalyst

22 min

Car accident and financial crisis force new journey.

#5

Debate

30 min

Can he succeed as musician? Isolation vs collaboration.

#6

Break Into Two

40 min

Leaves apartment. Travels to gigs with new opportunities.

#7

B Story

50 min

Relationship with Jean. Emotional support and complexity.

#8

Fun and Games

60 min

Road gigs, humor, mishaps, folk music culture.

#9

Midpoint

70 min

Missed chance at recording contract. False hope.

#10

Bad Guys Close In

80 min

Financial pressure, failed gigs, personal tension.

#11

All Is Lost

90 min

Rejected by music label. Friendship strained.

#12

Dark Night of the Soul

95 min

Llewyn reflects on life, music, and loneliness.

#13

Break Into Three

100 min

Performs final gig with renewed determination.

#14

Finale

102 min

Acceptance of reality. Keeps playing music.

#15

Final Image

103 min

Walking away from venue, carrying guitar, hopeful yet realistic.