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Release date United States: Thursday, April 3, 2008

Director: Kar Wai Wong

Cast:

Norah Jones as Elizabeth
Jude Law as Jeremy
David Strathairn as Arnie Copeland
Natalie Portman as Leslie
Hector A. Leguillow as Cafe Cook
Rachel Weisz as Sue Lynne
LaVita Brooks as Cafe Woman
Nate Bynum as Harlan
Chad R. Davis as Elizabeth's Boyfriend
Trent Dee as Police Sergeant
Frankie Faison as Travis
Geoff Falk as Lt. Mervyn
Jan Falk as Clubber
Christy Hamilton as Terry (Waitress)
Bill Hollis as Doctor
Benjamin Kanes as Randy
Adriane Lenox as Cafe waitress
Naseera Lewis as Waitress
Jackie Moore as Friend
Lisa Marie Moore as Bar Patron
Miller Pipkin as Cook

About:

Jeremy (Jude Law) runs a cafe in New York City. Elizabeth (Norah Jones) finds out from him that her boyfriend has eaten in the restaurant with another woman. Elizabeth is angry and leaves him; she gives her keys to Jeremy, in case the boyfriend comes to collect them. Elizabeth returns several times. She and Jeremy like each other.

She travels by bus to Memphis, Tennessee, where she takes two jobs, in a cafe and in a bar, to save money for buying a car. She sends postcards to Jeremy without revealing where she lives or works. Jeremy tries to find out, but fails.

She encounters policeman Arnie (David Strathairn) grieving about the fact that his wife Sue Lynne (Rachel Weisz) has left him, and in his leisure time coming to the bar to drink a lot. After threatening Sue with his gun he kills himself by crashing his car. Elizabeth comforts the now grieving Sue.

Elizabeth lends another woman, Leslie (Natalie Portman), her savings for gambling; if she loses Elizabeth gets Leslie's car, and so it happens. They move on together because Leslie needs a ride to her father in Las Vegas, who can help her financially. She gets a call, answered by Elizabeth, from the hospital to inform her that her father is dying. Leslie does not believe it, she thinks it is a trick to make her visit him. They go to the hospital anyway, and at Leslie's request Elizabeth goes inside alone to check. Leslie's father is dead. Leslie wants to keep the car, and confesses that she has lied about losing with gambling. She pays Elizabeth money with which she buys another car.

Elizabeth returns to Jeremy in New York, and they love each other.

Genres:
Romance - Drama

Producers: Stéphane Kooshmanian, Jean-Louis Piel

Writers: Kar Wai Wong, Lawrence Block

Studio: The Weinstein Company