directed by: Edward Norton, year: 2019
actors: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Willem Dafoe

Motherless Brooklyn follows Lionel Essrog, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, as he investigates the murder of his mentor in 1950s Brooklyn. His obsessive quest for truth pulls him through a web of real estate greed, corruption, and clandestine power, forcing a confrontation with a city that shapes memory and identity. Edward Norton directs and stars, supported by Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, and Willem Dafoe in a stylish, neo-noir crime drama based on Jonathan Lethem’s novel.

Private Investigators, Crime Drama, Neo Noir, Mystery, Period Piece