'' Lulu on the Bridge '' is a 1998 American romantic-mystery drama film written and directed by author Paul Auster and starring Harvey Keitel , Mira Sorvino , and Willem Dafoe . The film is about a jazz saxophone player whose life is transformed after being shot . After discovering a mysterious stone , he meets and falls in love with a beautiful aspiring actress , but their happiness is cut short by a series of strange , dreamlike events . The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival
1998 Cannes Film Festival
1998 Cannes Film Festival
Lulu on the Bridge