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Broken English - Parker Posey, Gena Rowlands, Melvil Poupaud, Zoe R Cassavetes

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In a startling mature and nuanced performance, Parker Posey plays Nora Wilder, a thirtysomething Manhattanite who is cynical about love and relationships, in this astute collaboration with first-time writer/director Zoe R Cassavetes. Nora plugs away at her job in a posh downtown hotel and can't help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship as ideal as her friend Audrey's (Drea De Matteo) "perfect marriage."

It doesn't help that her overbearing mother (Gena Rowlands) takes every opportunity to remind Nora that she's still unattached. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien (Melvil Poupaud), a seemingly devil-may-care Frenchman with a passion for living. Expecting another disastrous ending, Nora tries to avoid making the same mistakes. She finds herself in Paris looking to break old patterns. Inevitably, Nora has to look inward before she can find a new outlook on life and most importantly, love.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film comedy romance New York Paris mother daughter marriage

Persons of interest

Parker Posey .... Nora Wilder
Drea de Matteo .... Audrey Andrews
Tim Guinee .... Mark Andrews
Gena Rowlands .... Vivien Wilder-Mann
Peter Bogdanovich .... Irving Mann
Roy Thinnes .... Peter Andrews
Michael Panes .... Glen
Justin Theroux .... Nick Gable
Melvil Poupaud .... Julien
Dana Ivey .... Elinor Gregory
William Wise .... William Gregory
Josh Hamilton .... Charlie Ross
Caitlin Keats .... Jennifer Ross
Russell Steinberg .... Carl
Santo Fazio .... Bobbi
John Wernke .... Steve
James McCaffrey .... Perry
Bernadette Lafont .... Madame Grenelle
Thierry Hancisse .... Mr Larson
Yarol Poupaud .... Guillaume
Sebastien Chenut .... Sebastien
Karim Gassama .... Kareem
Jean-Paul Scarpitta .... Jean Paul Clement
Zoe R Cassavetes .... Screenwriter
Zoe R Cassavetes .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

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Awards and film festivals:

Independent Spirit Awards 2007: Nominated: Best female lead (Parker Posey), Best first screenplay (Zoe Cassavetes)
Sundance Film Festival 2007: Nominated: Grand Jury Prize Dramatic (Zoe R Cassavetes)