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Broken Flowers
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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