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, 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.

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 is 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 organizer and is the widow of a racing car driver. She has a "jailbait" daughter, Lolita (Alexis Dziena), who walks around the house naked in front of Don.

Dora (Frances Conroy) is a Realtor who hasn't yet let go of their past relationship. Her husband, Ron (Christopher McDonald), invites Don to an awkward dinner of fish, rice and chopped carrots.

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 developed 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.

After the beating, Don stops at a florist to buy flowers from a friendly and attractive young woman named Sun Green (Pell James) who gives him a bandage. 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.

Disillusioned, Don returns home where he meets a young man in the street 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 freaks out 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.

The most obvious interpretation for the ending is that, from the clues the director has given the viewer, Penny most likely wrote the letter, and the boy in the car is most likely his son. A less obvious interpretation, however, may be that the letter may have been sent from Julie Delpy's character, Sherry.

Through this theory, Don never even had a son. At the beginning of the film Sherry hassles Don about not being responsible enough. She sends him the letter to see if he will take the responsibility and track down his son, proving to her that he is ready for a serious relationship. Towards the end of the film, it seems he is not only searching for his son because it is the right thing to do but also because he wants to have a son. He chases the kid down the street. When he stops and looks around, he realizes that either of the boys could be his son, and the letter was probably fake. With this interpretation, we can infer that Julie Delpy will get back with him now that he has proven himself responsible. Also, we know that Bill Murray's character has finally grown up.