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Broken Flowers (2005)
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Synopsis
A man sets out to find the son he didn't know he had and winds up getting answers to some questions he never asked in this comedy drama from director
Jim Jarmusch
. Don Johnston (
Bill Murray
) is an emotionally blank middle-aged man who has never married and lives a quiet, comfortable life thanks to shrewd investments in computers (though he doesn't use one himself). After being given his walking papers by his latest girlfriend, Sherry (
Julie Delpy
), Don receives an anonymous letter informing him he fathered a son 19 years ago, and that the boy wants to find his dad. Not sure what to do, Don shows the note to Winston (
Jeffrey Wright
), a neighbor who fancies himself an amateur detective. With Winston's help, Don narrows the list of possible mothers down to four women, and with a mixture of reluctance and resigned determination he sets out to find them. Armed with a CD of traveling music from Winston, Don pays unannounced visits to Laura (
Sharon Stone
), an oversexed widow with a libidinous teenage daughter (Alexis Dziena); Dora (
Frances Conroy
), a stuffy real estate agent; Penny (
Tilda Swinton
), an aging biker with no happy memories of Don; and Carmen (
Jessica Lange
), a self-styled analyst for pets whose outward eccentricity disguises a firm inner stability. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Frances Conroy
Dora
Julie Delpy
Sherry
Jessica Lange
Carmen
Christopher McDonald
Ron
Sharon Stone
Laura
Tilda Swinton
Penny
Jeffrey Wright
Winston
Bill Murray
Don Johnston
Larry Fessenden
Will
Chloë Sevigny
Carmen's Assistant
Mark Webber
The Kid
Heather Alicia Simms
Mona
Pell James
Sun Green
Alexis Dziena
Lolita
Brea Frazier
Rita
Production Crew
Sarah Frank
Art Director
Ellen Lewis
Casting
Frederick Elmes
Cinematographer
Anne Ruark
Co-producer
Mulatu Astatke
Composer (Music Score)
John Dunn
Costume Designer
Jim Jarmusch
Director
Jay Rabinowitz
Editor
Todd Pfeiffer
First Assistant Director
Jon Kilik
Producer
Stacey Smith
Producer
Mark Friedberg
Production Designer
Jim Jarmusch
Screenwriter
Lydia Marks
Set Decorator
Drew Kunin
Sound/Sound Designer
Robert Hein
Supervising Sound Editor
Year: 2005
Runtime: 107
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use
Category: Feature
Genre
Drama
Produced by
Five Roses Productions
Release
August 05, 2005 (USA - Limited)
by Focus Features
Awards
2005 - Grande Prize - Cannes Film Festival
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