Lulu and Jimi

In 1950s Germany on a sunny afternoon in an amusement park, Lulu, a prized beauty from a well-heeled, white German family, meets Jimi, the impossibly handsome son of a damaged African American World War II veteran, and falls head over heels in love. Lulu’s scheming mother, Gertrud, together with her secret lover, Schultz, the chauffeur, and a wicked old shrink, Von Oppeln, do all in their power to tear the two lovers apart, but the trio are only the first of many obstacles that will stand in the way of the couple's passion. Thus starts Oskar Roehler’s dazzling feature film Lulu and Jimi, a stylish, musically infused romance that plays as hot and heavy as the chemistry between the interracial lovebirds.Roehler crafts a colorful, magical world full of visual whimsy, revved up with a sizzling soundtrack of rock and roll, as Lulu and Jimi’s love sweeps out the stale air of the 1950s. Actors Jennifer Decker and Ray Fearon turn in magnetic performances as Lulu and Jimi, a couple that fearlessly takes on the evil powers of a deeply bigoted society. Roehler’s Lulu and Jimi is a sexy and exceedingly entertaining watch that aims to set hearts thumping and fingers snapping as you wait to see if love saves the day.
CAST
Jennifer Decker, Ray Fearon, Katrin Sass, Udo Kier, Rolf Zacher, Ulrich Thomsen

Oskar Roehler - Oskar Roehler was born in 1959 in Starnberg, Germany, the son of husband and wife authors, Gisela Elsner and Klaus Roehler. Today he is one of the most diversified directors in Germany. He started his career as a screenwriter. In 1995 he directed his first film, Gentleman. The film Die Unberührbare (2000), a very personal and sensitively told portrait of his mother, was Roehler's breakthrough. The film won a FIPRESCI Prize and was named the best film of the year by the German film critics. Lulu and Jimi is his latest film.

Screenings:

Fri. Jan 16 9:00 p.m. - LULUA16EN Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Sat. Jan 17 10:30 p.m. - LULUA17BN Broadway Centre Cinemas IV, SLC
Sun. Jan 18 9:00 a.m. - LULUA18EM Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Tue. Jan 20 6:30 p.m. - LULUA20OA Peery's Egyptian Theater, Ogden
Fri. Jan 23 11:30 a.m. - LULUA233D Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City