Motherless Brooklyn

In 1950s New York, a lonely private detective afflicted with Tourette's Syndrome ventures to solve the murder of his mentor and only friend.

Motherless Brooklyn is an American noir crime film written and directed by Edward Norton who also plays the film's leading character, Lionel Essrog.  Set in New York City in the late ‘50s, the story follows Lionel, a private investigator with Tourette syndrome, in his journey to solve the murder of his mentor Frank (Bruce Willis).