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Lulu and Jimi
Directed by Oskar Roehler
Written by Oskar Roehler
Produced byGabriela Sperl
Uwe Schott
Starring Jennifer Decker
Ray Fearon
Katrin Sass
CinematographyWedigo von Schultzendorff
Edited by Bettina Böhler
Music by Martin Todsharow
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • February 2009 (2009-02)
CountriesGermany
France
LanguagesEnglish
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, and takes place in 1950s Germany.

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.

Cast

Music

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

Festivals

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

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