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Broken flowers - Bill Murray, Frances Conroy, Julie Delpy, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Jim Jarmusch

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Sometimes life brings strange surprises.

The resolutely single Don (Bill Murray) has just been dumped by his latest lover, Sherry (Julie Delpy). Don yet again resigns himself to being alone and left to his own devices. Instead, he is compelled to reflect on his past when he receives by mail a mysterious pink letter. It is from an anonymous former lover and informs him that he has a 19-year-old son who may now be looking for his father. Don is urged to investigate this "mystery" by his closest friend and neighbour, Winston (Jeffrey Wright), an amateur sleuth and family man. Hesitant to travel at all, Don nonetheless embarks on a cross-country trek in search of clues from four former flames (Frances Conroy, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone and Tilda Swinton). Unannounced visits to each of these unique women hold new surprises for Don as he haphazardly confronts both his past and, consequently, his present.

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Film drama single parent family road trip

Persons of interest

Bill Murray .... Don Johnston
Jeffrey Wright .... Winston
Sharon Stone .... Laura
Frances Conroy .... Dora
Jessica Lange .... Carmen
Tilda Swinton .... Penny
Julie Delpy .... Sherry
Chris Bauer .... Dan
Alexis Dziena .... Lolita
Larry Fessenden .... Will
Suzanne Hevner .... Mrs Dorston
Pell James .... Sun Green
Christopher McDonald .... Ron
Heather Simms .... Mona
Mark Webber .... The Kid
Jim Jarmusch .... Screenwriter
Jim Jarmusch .... Director

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Awards and film festivals:

Cannes Film Festival 2005: Won: Grand Prize of the Jury (Jim Jarmusch); Nominated: Golden Palm (Jim Jarmusch)
Independent Spirit Awards 2006: Nominated: Best supporting male (Jeffrey Wright)
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2005: Nominated: Best original screenplay (Jim Jarmusch)
San Sebastián International Film Festival 2005: Zabaltegi: Festivals' Top

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Theatrical report

Broken flowers is interesting in an art-house kind of way but really boring in a real-life kind of way. If it was your life you'd have died from terminal boredom long ago. Bill Murray is very much Steve Zissou fromThe life aquatic with Steve Zissou and Bob Harris from Lost in translation - if he took any more Prozac he'd be comatose - and there is no way that he comes across as any kind of Don Juan. Yeesh.