Broken Flowers | |
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Directed by | Jim Jarmusch |
Written by | Jim Jarmusch |
Based on | An idea by
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Produced by | Jon Kilik Stacey Smith |
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Cinematography | Frederick Elmes |
Edited by | Jay Rabinowitz |
Music by | Mulatu Astatke |
Production companies | Five Roses BAC Films |
Distributed by | Focus Features (United States) BAC Films (France)[1] |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Countries | United States France |
Language | English |
Budget | $10 million[2] |
Box office | $47.3 million[1] |
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.