Broken Flowers

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Broken Flowers

film by Jarmusch [2005]

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Broken Flowers is a 2005 dramedy film directed by Jim Jarmusch. The movie stars Bill Murray as a man who receives an anonymous letter stating he has a son. Following this, he embarks on a journey to visit his past girlfriends to uncover the identity of his potential child. The film won the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival in 2005.1

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Jim Jarmusch
…2005 Cannes film festival for Broken Flowers (2005), a dramedy about a man (played by Bill Murray) who visits former girlfriends after receiving an anonymous letter telling him he has a son. The Limits of Control (2009) comprises a series of surreal interludes between an assassin and his various contacts,…
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…2005 Cannes film festival for Broken Flowers (2005), a dramedy about a man (played by Bill Murray) who visits former girlfriends after receiving an anonymous letter telling him he has a son. The Limits of Control (2009) comprises a series of surreal interludes between an assassin and his various contacts,…
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Jessica Lange
…starred opposite Bill Murray in Broken Flowers, portraying a lawyer turned animal communicator. Directed by Jim Jarmusch, the film won the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival. Also premiering at Cannes in 2005 was the Wim Wenders-directed drama Don’t Come Knocking, which starred Lange opposite her longtime companion, playwright…
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…starred opposite Bill Murray in Broken Flowers, portraying a lawyer turned animal communicator. Directed by Jim Jarmusch, the film won the Grand Prix at the Cannes film festival. Also premiering at Cannes in 2005 was the Wim Wenders-directed drama Don’t Come Knocking, which starred Lange opposite her longtime companion, playwright…
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Bill Murray
Groundhog Day, Lost in Translation, and Wes Anderson films
…romantic choices in Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005).
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…romantic choices in Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005).
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Sharon Stone
Other films and TV work
…later films are Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005), Basic Instinct 2 and the ensemble period drama Bobby (both 2006), James Franco’s The Disaster Artist (2017), and What About Love (2024).
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…later films are Jim Jarmusch’s Broken Flowers (2005), Basic Instinct 2 and the ensemble period drama Bobby (both 2006), James Franco’s The Disaster Artist (2017), and What About Love (2024).
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