Lulu and Jimi

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Lulu and Jimi
Directed by Oskar Roehler
Produced by Gabriela Sperl
Uwe Schott
Written by Oskar Roehler
Starring Jennifer Decker
Ray Fearon
Katrin Sass
Cinematography Wedigo von Schultzendorff
Editing by Bettina Böhler
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) February 2009 (2009-02)
Country Germany
France
Language English
German

Lulu and Jimi is a 2009 drama film directed by Oskar Roehler. It is about the relationship between Lulu, a rich German girl and Jimi, a black man, happened in the German 50's.

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[edit] Plot

Lulu, a well-off German girl, falls in love with Jimi, the owner of a bumper cars stall. The problem is that he is black and her family doesn't approve of him, especially her mother (Katrin Saß). Lulu doesn't want the ridiculous boy her mother has found for her. Lulu and Jimi will do anything to be finally together.

[edit] Cast

Jennifer Decker as Lulu
Ray Fearon as Jimi
Katrin Saß as Gertrud, Lulu's mother
Rolf Zacher as Daddy Cool and Lulu's father
Udo Kier as Schulz, the chofer
Bastian Pastewka as Ernst
Ulrich Thomsen as Harry Hass
Alexander Meyer as Lulu's brother
Hans Michael Rehberg as Von Oppeln

[edit] Music

Ray Fearon performs Stand by me, the principal song in the movie.

[edit] Festivals

It was projected in the Sundance Festival and in the Gijón Film Festival.

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