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Broken English

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Available for screenings until

Jan 01, 2026

Available for screenings in

United States of America

Brought to you by

Magnolia Pictures

About the film

Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single, career woman works at a Manhattan boutique hotel where her excellent skills in guest relations lack in the romantic department. If it is not her loving and dominant mother (Gena Rowlands) attempting to set her up that consistently fail, she has her friend’s (Drea de Matteo) disastrous blind dates to rely on as a backup for further dismay. She's surrounded by friends who are all happily engaged or romantically involved and somehow, love escapes Nora -- until she meets an unusual Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) who helps her discover life beyond her self-imposed boundaries.

Genre

Romance

Runtime

1h 47m

Released

2007

Director

Zoe R. Cassavetes

Cast

Drea de Matteo, Michael Panes, Parker Posey, Melvil Poupaud, Tim Guinee, Justin Theroux, Dana Ivey, Philip Pavel, Gena Rowlands, Peter Bogdanovich, Roy Thinnes

Awards & recognition

Philadelphia Film Festival 2007

Winner Jury Award Best First Film

Sundance Film Festival 2007

Nominee Grand Jury Prize Dramatic

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