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Broken Flowers is a 2005 drama/comedy film directed, written and produced by Jim Jarmusch. It stars Bill Murray, Jeffrey Wright, Jessica Lange, Sharon Stone, Frances Conroy, and Julie Delpy. It opened August 5, 2005 in limited release.

In 2005 Cannes Film Festival, the film was nominated for "Golden Palm" Award and won "Grand Prize of the Jury".

The film is dedicated to French director Jean Eustache. In an interview, Jarmusch said he felt close to Eustache for his commitment to making films in a unique and independent fashion.

Tagline: Sometimes life brings some strange surprises.

Plot

The main character, Don Johnston, receives an anonymous letter, supposedly from an unnamed former girlfriend informing him that he has a 19-year-old son who may be looking for him. At the same time, his current girlfriend Sherry (Julie Delpy) moves out. Don has lived the life of an archetypal womanizer, a "Don Juan", and any one of several former girlfriends may have written the letter. He initially doesn't intend to do anything with the information, but his friend and neighbor Winston (Jeffrey Wright), a mystery and detective enthusiast, convinces him to visit the four possible mothers:

Laura (Sharon Stone
) works as closet and drawer organizer and is the widow of a race car driver. She has a "jailbait" daughter, Lolita (Alexis Dziena
), who flirts with Don and walks around the house naked in front of him.
Dora (Frances Conroy
) is a Realtor who hasn't yet let go of her past; she appears very brittle and on the verge of exploding out of her confining life. Her controlling husband, Ron (Christopher McDonald
), invites Don to an awkward dinner of fish, rice and chopped carrots. The food is presented with almost architectural precision.
Carmen (Jessica Lange
) works as an "animal communicator." Don recalls how she was formerly so passionate about becoming a lawyer, among other things. But "passion is a funny thing," she says, as Carmen appears to have a lesbian relationship with her attractive assistant (Chloë Sevigny
).
Penny (Tilda Swinton
) lives in the country amongst blue-collar motorcycle enthusiasts. Having left Don years ago, she has no desire to reconcile with him now. When Don asks her whether she has a son, she gets upset; Don is beaten up by her friends as a result. He awakens the next morning in his rental car in the middle of a field. He has a nasty cuts around his left eye as a result of the confrontation.

After the beating, Don stops at a florist to buy flowers from a friendly and attractive young woman named Sun Green (Pell James) who bandages his wounds. He leaves the flowers at the grave of another former girlfriend, Michelle Pepe. Earlier Don told Winston he had loved Michelle--his only mention of love throughout the film. As he kneels at her grave stone he softly says "Hello beautiful."

Disillusioned, Don returns home where he meets a young man in the street (*Mark Webber) who he suspects may be his son. He buys him food, but when he remarks that the young man may wonder whether Don is his father, the young man becomes upset and flees. As Don looks on, he notices a Volkswagen Beetle drive past. The young man in the passenger side bears an uncanny resemblance to him.

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