MOVIE · 2019

Motherless Brooklyn

CrimeDramaMysteryThriller145 min

In 1957 New York, Edward Norton's Lionel Essrog is a private detective with Tourette syndrome who starts digging into the murder of his mentor and closest friend, Frank Minna (Bruce Willis). With only a handful of clues, Lionel moves through Brooklyn streets, Harlem jazz clubs, and the offices of powerful city insiders, following a case that opens onto corruption, organized crime, and the forces reshaping the city around him. Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Alec Baldwin are part of the ensemble as Lionel's investigation pulls him from neighborhood corners to the center of New York power.