Underplayed Gems

Broken Flowers (2005)

Broken Flowers poster
Directed by
Jim Jarmusch
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
France, United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
R
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 1,493 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man in his fifties gets an anonymous letter saying he has a grown son. He travels across the country to visit four women from his past to find out which one might have written it.

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What happens

Broken Flowers is a 2005 French-American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jim Jarmusch and produced by Jon Kilik and Stacey Smith. The film focuses on an aging "Don Juan" who embarks on a cross-country journey to track down four of his former lovers after receiving an anonymous letter stating that he has a son. The film stars Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Tilda Swinton, Julie Delpy, Mark Webber, Chloë Sevigny, Christopher McDonald, and Alexis Dziena. The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival and won the Grand Prix. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $47.3 million worldwide on a $10 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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