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Lulu on the Bridge (1998)

Lulu on the Bridge poster
Directed by
Paul Auster
Genre
drama film, romance film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 48 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A jazz saxophone player is shot and survives. He finds a mysterious stone and falls in love with an aspiring actress, but strange events disrupt their happiness.

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What happens

Lulu on the Bridge is a 1998 American romantic-mystery drama film written and directed by author Paul Auster and starring Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, and Willem Dafoe. The film is about a jazz saxophone player whose life is transformed after being shot. After discovering a mysterious stone, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful aspiring actress, but their happiness is cut short by a series of strange, dreamlike events. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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