Mr. Nobody (film)

Mr. Nobody is a 2009 science fiction drama film. It was written and directed by Jaco Van Dormael, produced by Philippe Godeau, and starred Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Toby Regbo and Juno Temple. The film tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, a 118yearold man who is the last mortal on Earth after the human race has achieved quasiimmortality. Nemo, memory fading, refers to his three main loves and to his parents divorce and subsequent hardships endured at three critical junctions in his life at age nine, fifteen, and thirtyfour. Alternate life paths branching out from each of those critical junctions are examined. The speculative narrative often changes course with the flick of a different possible decision at each of those ages. The film uses nonlinear narrative and the manyworlds interpretation style.

In the year 2092, Nemo Nobody is a 117yearold man, the last mortal on Earth. Humanity has conquered mortality through the endless renewal of cells, living in a shining future accompanied by their stem cell compatible pigs. The world watches in fascination as Mr. Nobody edges towards death, curious to know of life before quasiimmortality. Nemo says that he remembers nothing about his past and a psychiatrist, Dr. Feldheim, tries to make him recall memories through hypnosis while other memories are told to a journalist. Nemo spits out contradictory pieces as he is prodded, and no one is sure what happened and what did not. He is an enigma, often thinking that he is onlyyears old with no traceable record of his life. He recounts his life at three primary points at age nine when his parents divorce, at age fifteen when he fell in love, and at age thirtyfour as an adult. All three unfold into their many possible outcomes.It is explained that before birth, children remember everything that will happen in their lives, but at the moment of conception, the Angels of Oblivion make them forget everything. The Angels, however, by either deliberate or accidental oversight, pass over Nemo and thereby allow him to remember different possible futures for himself. But first he must choose his parents from a variety of candidate couples. Then at age 9, his second choice occurs after their divorce when he has to decide with whom he will live. At a railway station, he is forced to choose as his mother leaves on a train while his father stands on the platform. In one case, he runs to reach the train and his mother manages to pull him in while in another he stays with his father. ........

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