Lulu and Jimi

Lulu and Jimi
Directed by	Oskar Roehler
Written by	Oskar Roehler
Produced by	Gabriela Sperl Uwe Schott
Starring	Jennifer Decker Ray Fearon Katrin Sass
Cinematography	Wedigo von Schultzendorff
Edited by	Bettina Böhler
Music by	Martin Todsharow
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 2009 (2009-02)
Countries	Germany France
Languages	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, 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

• 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

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.

External links

• Lulu and Jimi at IMDb