Mr. Nobody (film)
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Mr. Nobody is a 2009 Belgian science fiction
drama film
directed by Jaco Van Dormael
, starring Jared Leto
, Diane Kruger
, Linh Dan Pham
, Sarah Polley
, Natasha Little
, Rhys Ifans
and Daniel Mays
. This movie tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, the last mortal on Earth. Nemo is 118 years old and lives in a world where all other people have immortalized. During the film, Nemo's psychiatrist, played by Allan Corduner
, picks his mind to discover his true past. The film utilizes non-liner plot progression and the Many-worlds interpretation
to tell the story of Nemo's life.
The film has a tree structure: from the birth of the protagonist, the viewer sees all the possible options for the development of his life, which generally form several "branches".
in his work "The Empire of Angels".
Nemo first has to choose the parents. His second choice happens when they divorce, and he has to decide with whom he will live. The scene takes place at a railway station ; his mother leaves on a train, while his father stays. In one case he runs to reach the train and his mother manages to pull him in, in another he stays with his father.
In the second storyline he tells her he cannot swim, and she stays with him on the beach. They get to know each other and she becomes Nemo's first love. They are happy, but when Harry and Nemo's mother break up, Anna has to go to New York with her father, and they lose touch. Years later Nemo works as a pool cleaner and hopes to meet Anna again. They meet each other at a station and immediately recognize each other in a crowd of passers-by. After so many years, Anna is not ready to immediately resume the relationship and asks Nemo to wait. She asks him to call her in two days and meet at the lighthouse, but the slip of paper on which she wrote her number gets wet in the rain, and becomes unreadable. Nemo keeps waiting at the lighthouse every day but Anna does not come.
Another storyline has Nemo and Elise married with three children. Their marriage is very unhappy because Elise suffers from chronic depression.She has hysteric attacks, and despite Nemo's attempts to save their marriage, in the end Elise leaves the house.
Despite having succeeded in following his plans, Nemo is unhappy, and his life is boring and unpleasant. Nemo starts relying on the flipping of a coin to make decisions. He pretends to be a person named Daniel Jones, and when he gets to a hotel room he is killed by mistake in the bathroom and buried in the woods.
began seeking to film Mr. Nobody in 2001, an attempt that lasted six years before the director was able to make his English-language feature debut in 2007. Van Dormael's project differed from other Belgian productions in being filmed in English instead of in one of Belgium's main languages. The director explained, "The story came to me in English. It's a story set over very long distances and time frames. One of the strands of the plot is about a kid who must choose between living with his mother in Canada or his father in England. There are also some incredible English-speaking actors I wanted to work with." Mr. Nobody is Van Dormael's first feature film since the Belgian film Le huitième jour
(The Eighth Day) in 1996. Van Dormael began preparing production of Mr. Nobody in February 2007 with actress Sarah Polley
the first to be cast in the film. Actor Jared Leto
was later cast into the primary role of Nemo Nobody. Actress Eva Green
was originally reported to be cast into the film, but the casting was not confirmed.
The production budget for Mr. Nobody was €37 million (US$58 million), ranking it the most expensive Belgian film to date. The budget was approved before casting was done, based on the prominence of the director's name and the strength of his script. Half of the budget was provided by the film's French producer Philippe Godeau through his production company Pan-Européenne, and the other half was financed by distributors Wild Bunch and Pathé
. Production took place throughout 2007, lasting 120 days and filming in Belgium
, Germany
, and Canada
. Scenes were filmed on location in Montreal, Canada
and at Babelsberg Studios
in Berlin, Germany
. The three lives that Nemo Nobody experiences were separated by color coding and musical cues. Each life's design was also based on the work of British photographer Martin Parr
.
While producing the film, Van Dormael took the unique step of publishing his screenplay. The director described the scale of the film, "My producers don't like me saying it, but it's really a big-budget experimental film about the many different lives one person can live, depending on the choices he makes. It's about the infinite possibilities facing any person. There are no good or bad choices in life. It's simply that each choice will create another life for you. What's interesting is to be alive."
It is noteworthy that the unborn Nemo is shown living in a white world. White contains all colors of the visible spectrum, this supports the allegorical message of the film that all things are possible until a choice is made. By the end of his life Nemo is a decrepit old man, and lives in a white surrounding (room, clothes, doctor). This way we can see that the fate of the protagonist leads him back to the origins from where he started, the point at which everything is possible.
and Matyas Veress. Special effects were produced by Modus FX
, Fly Studio and Rodeo FX in Montreal and Digital Graphics in Belgium.
and the Osella for Best Production Designer went to Sylvie Olivé.
In September 2009, Mr. Nobody was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival
and was received positively.
It won the People's Choice Award 2010 at the 23rd European Film Awards.
This movie also appeared at The 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
2010 in the section Focus on Belgian Film.
On June 25, 2011, it screened for the very first time in the United States at the Los Angeles Film Festival
, nearly two years since its original debut.
Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Jaco Van Dormael
Jaco Van Dormael
Jaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities.- Biography :In the 1980s, he became interested in filmmaking and...
, starring Jared Leto
Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto is an American actor, director, producer, occasional model and musician. Leto has appeared in both big budget Hollywood films and smaller projects from independent producers and art houses. He rose to prominence for playing Jordan Catalano in the teenage drama My So-Called Life...
, Diane Kruger
Diane Kruger
Diane Kruger is a German actress and former fashion model. She is known for roles such as Helen in Troy, Dr. Abigail Chase in National Treasure and its sequel, Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds, Anna in Mr...
, Linh Dan Pham
Linh Dan Pham
Linh Dan Pham is a French actress.She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, but moved with her family to France a year later just before the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong's forces and grew up in Paris...
, Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...
, Natasha Little
Natasha Little
Natasha Little is a British actress. She is best known for her work on British television, but has also featured in many film and theatre roles.- Early life :...
, Rhys Ifans
Rhys Ifans
Rhys Ifans is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in Notting Hill and Jed Parry in Enduring Love and as a member of the Welsh rock groups Super Furry Animals and The Peth. Ifans also appeared as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly...
and Daniel Mays
Daniel Mays
-Early life:One of four boys, Mays was raised in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, by his electrician father and bank cashier mother. He attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts before going on to win a place at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.-Career:...
. This movie tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, the last mortal on Earth. Nemo is 118 years old and lives in a world where all other people have immortalized. During the film, Nemo's psychiatrist, played by Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner
Allan Corduner is an English actor.-Early life:Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in North London with his mother, father and a younger brother. His mother had escaped to England from Nazi Germany with her family in 1938...
, picks his mind to discover his true past. The film utilizes non-liner plot progression and the Many-worlds interpretation
Many-worlds interpretation
The many-worlds interpretation is an interpretation of quantum mechanics that asserts the objective reality of the universal wavefunction, but denies the actuality of wavefunction collapse. Many-worlds implies that all possible alternative histories and futures are real, each representing an...
to tell the story of Nemo's life.
Synopsis
The main character, who calls himself Nemo Nobody, is a 118-year-old man, the last mortal man on earth. The days leading up to his death become the object of a reality show and are broadcast to the immortal world's population. Nemo himself says that he remembers nothing about his past and a psychiatrist tries to make him recall memories through hypnosis; other memories are told to a journalist. The whole movie is random scraps of memories of Mr. Nobody, which make up conflicting stories of his life. It is unclear which of the memories are real and which are just potential developments of Nemo's life that have not happened.The film has a tree structure: from the birth of the protagonist, the viewer sees all the possible options for the development of his life, which generally form several "branches".
Birth
At the beginning of the story it's explained that before birth children remember everything that will happen in their lives, but at the moment of conception the angels of Oblivion put a finger on their lips, making them forget everything. The angels forget about Nemo. A similar idea was expressed by French writer Bernard WerberBernard Werber
Bernard Werber is a French science fiction writer active since the 1990s.-Novels:His style of writing mixes different literary genres, notably the saga, the science fiction of the inter-war years, and tracts of philosophy.In most of his novels, Bernard Werber uses the same form of construction,...
in his work "The Empire of Angels".
Nemo first has to choose the parents. His second choice happens when they divorce, and he has to decide with whom he will live. The scene takes place at a railway station ; his mother leaves on a train, while his father stays. In one case he runs to reach the train and his mother manages to pull him in, in another he stays with his father.
Life with his mother
In this storyline Nemo lives with his mother and her new partner, Harry, and does not get along with him. He behaves in a rebellious way, saying he can predict the future. He meets the daughter of his mother's boyfriend, Anna. Nemo is sitting on the beach, Anna runs to him and asks him to swim with her and her friends. In one case Nemo answers "They're idiots. I don't go swimming with idiots". He regrets those words all his life, and many years later, he meets Anna at the station with her two children, engange in an awkward conversation, and they part again.In the second storyline he tells her he cannot swim, and she stays with him on the beach. They get to know each other and she becomes Nemo's first love. They are happy, but when Harry and Nemo's mother break up, Anna has to go to New York with her father, and they lose touch. Years later Nemo works as a pool cleaner and hopes to meet Anna again. They meet each other at a station and immediately recognize each other in a crowd of passers-by. After so many years, Anna is not ready to immediately resume the relationship and asks Nemo to wait. She asks him to call her in two days and meet at the lighthouse, but the slip of paper on which she wrote her number gets wet in the rain, and becomes unreadable. Nemo keeps waiting at the lighthouse every day but Anna does not come.
Life with his father
Nemo stays with his father, who becomes an invalid. Nemo takes care of him, becoming withdrawn, uncommunicative, not following the appearance. He works in a shop, and spends his free time at home at the typewriter, writing a fantastic story about a journey to Mars. At a school dance he meets a young Elise, and falls in love with her. A few days later, Nemo goes to Elise's house.Paralysis
At Elise's house, Nemo sees Elise with her 22-year-old boyfriend, and leaves. Frustrated, he speeds with his motorcycle on a forest road, until he slips on a leaf, falls and is hospitalized in a state of paralysis. He can feel smells and heat, he can see light through closed eyelids, but can not move. There is an allusion to the reunification of the parents, they also come to visit him. Nemo tries to remember the movement of his fingers on the typewriter keyboard, and in the last scene of this storyline, he manages to lift a finger.Life with Elise
At Elise's house, Nemo speaks with her, but she rejects him saying she loves another man, Stefano. Nemo keeps assuring her of his feelings. Finally Elise gives in, and they marry. In one storyline, Elise dies in an accident on the return from the wedding. Nemo keeps her ashes, having promised her to spread them on Mars. After doing so, aboard the spacecraft on its way, he meets Anna, but the ship crashes due to an encounter with meteorites. In another storyline, Nemo does not fly to Mars. He works at a television studio, and while returning home he sees the car of his editor being pulled up from a lake. At his funeral, Nemo meets the deceased man's wife, who turns out to be Anna.Another storyline has Nemo and Elise married with three children. Their marriage is very unhappy because Elise suffers from chronic depression.She has hysteric attacks, and despite Nemo's attempts to save their marriage, in the end Elise leaves the house.
Life with Jean
After Elise rejects Nemo, he goes home and tells his father that he'll marry the first girl who will dance with him that night. At the club he meets Jean, they dance, and while taking her home on his motorcycle, Nemo makes what he later defines "a lot of silly decisions": "One, I will never leave anything to chance again; two, I will marry the girl on my motorcycle; three, I'll be rich; four, we'll have a house, a big house, painted yellow, with a garden, and two children, Paul and Michael; five, I'll have a convertible, a red convertible, and a swimming pool, I'll learn to swim; six, I will not stop until I succeed!"Despite having succeeded in following his plans, Nemo is unhappy, and his life is boring and unpleasant. Nemo starts relying on the flipping of a coin to make decisions. He pretends to be a person named Daniel Jones, and when he gets to a hotel room he is killed by mistake in the bathroom and buried in the woods.
Not born
In another storyline, Nemo is in a strange city, and following the instructions that he finds around, he ends up in an abandoned house, where he finds a video. In the video, 118 year old Nemo explains to him that he doesn't exist. Either his parents did not meet, or his father died in a sled accident as a child, or his parents could not conceive a child, or a prehistoric ancestor of his was killed.Ending
Before his death, Mr. Nobody tells the journalist that they both don't exist: they are in the mind of Nemo as a boy, when he has to make a choice at the railway station. At the railway station, Nemo chooses a third way, and follows a perpendicular road, away from both parents. Mr. Nobody dies, but at that moment the expansion of the universe starts reverting and time reverses.Cast
- Jared LetoJared LetoJared Joseph Leto is an American actor, director, producer, occasional model and musician. Leto has appeared in both big budget Hollywood films and smaller projects from independent producers and art houses. He rose to prominence for playing Jordan Catalano in the teenage drama My So-Called Life...
as Nemo Nobody, both 34 and 118 years old - Diane KrugerDiane KrugerDiane Kruger is a German actress and former fashion model. She is known for roles such as Helen in Troy, Dr. Abigail Chase in National Treasure and its sequel, Bridget von Hammersmark in Inglourious Basterds, Anna in Mr...
as Anna, Nemo's one true love - Sarah PolleySarah PolleySarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...
as Elise, Nemo's wife with borderline personality disorderBorderline personality disorderBorderline personality disorder is a personality disorder described as a prolonged disturbance of personality function in a person , characterized by depth and variability of moods.The disorder typically involves unusual levels of instability in mood; black and white thinking, or splitting; the...
in one reality - Linh Dan PhamLinh Dan PhamLinh Dan Pham is a French actress.She was born in Saigon, South Vietnam, but moved with her family to France a year later just before the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong's forces and grew up in Paris...
as Jean, Nemo's wealthy but loveless wife in another reality - Rhys IfansRhys IfansRhys Ifans is a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters such as Spike in Notting Hill and Jed Parry in Enduring Love and as a member of the Welsh rock groups Super Furry Animals and The Peth. Ifans also appeared as Xenophilius Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly...
and Natasha LittleNatasha LittleNatasha Little is a British actress. She is best known for her work on British television, but has also featured in many film and theatre roles.- Early life :...
as Nemo's parents - Toby RegboToby RegboToby Regbo is an English actor who has appeared in film, television and theatre.-Early life:He was born Toby Finn Regbo in London, England.He attended Latymer Upper School in West London....
as Nemo when 16 years old - Thomas ByrneThomas Byrne (actor)Thomas Byrne is a British actor. He is best known for playing Nemo Nobody at nine in Mr. Nobody, and Sam Brewer in Down to Earth....
as Nemo when 9 years old - Juno TempleJuno Temple-Early life:Juno Temple was born in London, and is the daughter of producer Amanda Pirie and film director Julien Temple. She grew up in Somerset, England and attended Enmore Primary School, Bedales School, and King's College, Taunton...
as Anna when 15 years old - Clare StoneClare StoneClare Stone is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in such films and television works as Would Be Kings, The Jane Show, Breach, Mom at Sixteen, Godsend, Shattered City: The Halifax Explosion, Beautiful Girl and Mr...
as Elise when 15 years old - Cinsyla KeyCinsyla KeyCinsyla Key is an Anglo-French actress and singer, with Irish roots. She has appeared in such films as Angel, Mr Nobody, In Bruges, ...- Early life and career :...
as Elise double - Allan CordunerAllan CordunerAllan Corduner is an English actor.-Early life:Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in North London with his mother, father and a younger brother. His mother had escaped to England from Nazi Germany with her family in 1938...
as Nemo's psychiatristPsychiatristA psychiatrist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders. All psychiatrists are trained in diagnostic evaluation and in psychotherapy... - Daniel MaysDaniel Mays-Early life:One of four boys, Mays was raised in Buckhurst Hill, Essex, by his electrician father and bank cashier mother. He attended the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts before going on to win a place at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.-Career:...
as the young journalist that interviews the protagonist - Jaco Van DormaelJaco Van DormaelJaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities.- Biography :In the 1980s, he became interested in filmmaking and...
as the Brazilian man, a cameo appearanceCameo appearanceA cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
Production
Belgian director Jaco Van DormaelJaco Van Dormael
Jaco Van Dormael is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright. His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities.- Biography :In the 1980s, he became interested in filmmaking and...
began seeking to film Mr. Nobody in 2001, an attempt that lasted six years before the director was able to make his English-language feature debut in 2007. Van Dormael's project differed from other Belgian productions in being filmed in English instead of in one of Belgium's main languages. The director explained, "The story came to me in English. It's a story set over very long distances and time frames. One of the strands of the plot is about a kid who must choose between living with his mother in Canada or his father in England. There are also some incredible English-speaking actors I wanted to work with." Mr. Nobody is Van Dormael's first feature film since the Belgian film Le huitième jour
Le Huitième Jour
Le huitième jour is a Belgian 1996 film that tells the story of the friendship that develops between two men who meet by chance...
(The Eighth Day) in 1996. Van Dormael began preparing production of Mr. Nobody in February 2007 with actress Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley
Sarah Polley is a Canadian actress, singer, film director, and screenwriter. Polley first attained notice in her role as Sara Stanley in the Canadian television series, Road to Avonlea...
the first to be cast in the film. Actor Jared Leto
Jared Leto
Jared Joseph Leto is an American actor, director, producer, occasional model and musician. Leto has appeared in both big budget Hollywood films and smaller projects from independent producers and art houses. He rose to prominence for playing Jordan Catalano in the teenage drama My So-Called Life...
was later cast into the primary role of Nemo Nobody. Actress Eva Green
Eva Green
Eva Gaëlle Green is a French actress and model.Green performed in theatre before making her film debut in The Dreamers , which generated controversy over her numerous nude scenes. She achieved greater fame for her parts in Kingdom of Heaven , and in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale, for...
was originally reported to be cast into the film, but the casting was not confirmed.
The production budget for Mr. Nobody was €37 million (US$58 million), ranking it the most expensive Belgian film to date. The budget was approved before casting was done, based on the prominence of the director's name and the strength of his script. Half of the budget was provided by the film's French producer Philippe Godeau through his production company Pan-Européenne, and the other half was financed by distributors Wild Bunch and Pathé
Pathé
Pathé or Pathé Frères is the name of various French businesses founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France.-History:...
. Production took place throughout 2007, lasting 120 days and filming in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Scenes were filmed on location in Montreal, Canada
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
and at Babelsberg Studios
Babelsberg Studios
The Studio Babelsberg, located in Potsdam-Babelsberg, Germany, is the oldest large-scale film studio in the world. Founded in 1912, it covers an area of about . Hundreds of films, including Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Josef von Sternberg's The Blue Angel were filmed there...
in Berlin, Germany
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. The three lives that Nemo Nobody experiences were separated by color coding and musical cues. Each life's design was also based on the work of British photographer Martin Parr
Martin Parr
Martin Parr is a British documentary photographer, photojournalist and photobook collector. He is known for his photographic projects that take a critical look at aspects of modern life, in particular provincial and suburban life in England...
.
While producing the film, Van Dormael took the unique step of publishing his screenplay. The director described the scale of the film, "My producers don't like me saying it, but it's really a big-budget experimental film about the many different lives one person can live, depending on the choices he makes. It's about the infinite possibilities facing any person. There are no good or bad choices in life. It's simply that each choice will create another life for you. What's interesting is to be alive."
Color in the film
The different colors used in the film have special, symbolic meanings. Each of the three main storylines has its own unique hue that highlights their originality and unlikeness to each other. Color differentiation can be traced as far back as Nemo's childhood, where three girls sit on a bench. They are his possible future wives: Jean, Elise and Anna; one in yellow, the other in blue, the third in a red dress. In his life with Elise, Nemo experiences the consequences of depression and despair, themes associated with the color blue. Choosing Jean, Nemo seeks material well-being and independence. Yellow - the color of life and wealth - emphasizes this. The true love and passionate relationship between Nemo and Anna is symbolized by the red color of Anna's dress.It is noteworthy that the unborn Nemo is shown living in a white world. White contains all colors of the visible spectrum, this supports the allegorical message of the film that all things are possible until a choice is made. By the end of his life Nemo is a decrepit old man, and lives in a white surrounding (room, clothes, doctor). This way we can see that the fate of the protagonist leads him back to the origins from where he started, the point at which everything is possible.
Post production
The film was edited by Susan ShiptonSusan Shipton
Susan Shipton is an award-winning Canadian film editor.Shipton has collaborated with director Atom Egoyan on eight projects. Her editing credits include The Adjuster, Love and Death on Long Island, I Love a Man in Uniform, Foolproof, When Night Is Falling, Breakfast with Scot, Exotica, Where the...
and Matyas Veress. Special effects were produced by Modus FX
Modus FX
-Description:Co-founded by Yanick Wilisky, Marc Bourbonnais and Vincent Toussaint in 2007, Modus FX is a visual effects company that offers digital production services for film, television and new media. Modus FX has worked on projects for clients and distributors such as Summit Entertainment,...
, Fly Studio and Rodeo FX in Montreal and Digital Graphics in Belgium.
The experiment with the pigeon
Pigeon is placed in a box in which there is a button with the wire, and the window, behind which are the grain. When you press the shutter the windows up, and dove can take food. "Like most living creatures, the dove quickly connects the rising curtain with the appearance of food. But if you give the grain every 20 seconds, the pigeon will think: "What I earned it?" If at this moment he clapped his wings, he would slap them and then, in full confidence that this is a defining force. We call it "pigeon superstition. '"The Big Bang
"What happened before the Big Bang? The fact that there was no "before": before the Big Bang, time did not exist. Birth of the time - the result of expansion of the universe. But what happens when the universe will stop expanding and will move in the opposite direction? What then is the nature of time? If string theory is correct, the universe has nine space dimensions and one time. We can assume that at the beginning of all the measurements have been intertwined, and after the Big Bang have identified three well-known to us: height, width and depth and another dimension, we know as time. The remaining five were in their infancy and tangled condition. If we live in a world of twisted dimensions, how do we distinguish illusion from reality? We've learned that time moves in one direction. But what if one of the dimensions are not spatial, and temporal? "Love
"What happens when we fall in love? Under the influence of the stimulus hypothalamus emits a powerful charge of endorphins. But why is this woman or this man? Perhaps an individual set of pheromones gives us a genetic signal? Or we learn the features of someone's appearance? Mom's eyes? The scent awakens pleasant memories? Perhaps love - this is part of the plan? Weapon in the war two types of reproduction? Bacteria and viruses - asexual organisms. With each division, they mutate and improve faster than we are. Against this we have only one deadly weapon - sex. Two people mix their genes, shuffled the deck and create a new man. The less it looks like the parents, the better the resistance to viruses. What if we unwitting soldiers in a war between two kinds of reproduction? "Innate fear
"To what extent innate our fears? If over the heads of geese, grown in an incubator to a silhouette of a flying goose chicks elongated neck and zapischat. But if you change the direction of motion, the silhouette becomes like a hawk. The chicks will respond immediately: they prizhmutsya from fear to the ground, though never in my life seen a falcon. Without anyone's innate fear prompts to help them survive. But the people, how to appeal to ancient dangers inherent fear? "The principle of entropy
"Why not smoke a cigarette in the back? Why molecules fly away from each other? Why not take the Blob again a distinct form? Because the universe tends to decay. This is the principle of entropy, the desire of the universe to a state of increasing disorder. The principle of entropy associated with the concept of time's arrow , resulting in expansion of the universe. But what if the force of gravity extends to outweigh the force or energy of the quantum vacuum is too low? At this point in the universe can begin stage of compression, "The Big Crunch". So what will happen over time? Will it reverse? No one knows the answer. "Reception
Mr. Nobody was first presented at the 66th Venice International Film Festival66th Venice International Film Festival
The 66th annual Venice Film Festival held in Venice, Italy, was opened on September 2, 2009 by Baarìa - La porta del vento. International competition jury, led by Ang Lee, awarded Leone d'Oro to Lebanon...
and the Osella for Best Production Designer went to Sylvie Olivé.
In September 2009, Mr. Nobody was screened at the Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
and was received positively.
It won the People's Choice Award 2010 at the 23rd European Film Awards.
This movie also appeared at The 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is a film festival held annually in July in Karlovy Vary , Czech Republic. The Karlovy Vary Festival gained worldwide recognition over the past years and has become one of Europe's major film events....
2010 in the section Focus on Belgian Film.
On June 25, 2011, it screened for the very first time in the United States at the Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times is an event held annually in June in downtown Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles Film Festival began as the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 1995. The first LAIFF took place over the course of five days in a single...
, nearly two years since its original debut.
Soundtrack
Several tracks are used more than once in the film; hence, the tracklisting below is organized alphabetically by artist.- Buddy HollyBuddy HollyCharles Hardin Holley , known professionally as Buddy Holly, was an American singer-songwriter and a pioneer of rock and roll...
– "EverydayEveryday (Buddy Holly song)"Everyday" is a song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty, recorded by Buddy Holly and the Crickets on May 29, 1957 and released on September 20, 1957 as the B-side to "Peggy Sue". On the original single the Crickets are not mentioned, but it is known that Holly plays acoustic guitar; drummer...
" - Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldElla Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
– "Into Each Life Some Rain Must FallInto Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall" is a 1944 song performed as a duet by The Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald. The song was written by Allan Roberts and Doris Fisher . The successful single went to number one on both The Harlem Hit Parade and the pop chart . The B-side of the single entitled,...
" - Emmylou HarrisEmmylou HarrisEmmylou Harris is an American singer-songwriter and musician. In addition to her work as a solo artist and bandleader, both as an interpreter of other composers' works and as a singer-songwriter, she is a sought-after backing vocalist and duet partner, working with numerous other artists including...
– "Mister Sandman" - Erik SatieErik SatieÉric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
– "Gnossiene No. 3" - Erik SatieErik SatieÉric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
– "Je te veuxJe te veux"Je te veux" is a song composed by Erik Satie to a text by Henry Pacory. A sentimental waltz, it was written for Paulette Darty, whose accompanist Satie had been for a period of time. The text consists of two verses and a repeated chorus.The song was registered with SACEM on 20 November 1902, but...
" - Erik SatieErik SatieÉric Alfred Leslie Satie was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde...
– "Gymnopédies No. 3: Lent et grave" - EurythmicsEurythmicsEurythmics were a British pop rock duo, formed in 1980, currently disbanded, but known to reunite from time to time. Consisting of members Annie Lennox and David A...
– "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)-Personnel:*Annie Lennox – vocals, keyboards, synthesisers, flute*David A. Stewart – guitar, keyboards, synthesisers, programming, backing vocals-Additional personnel:*Robert Crash - Guitar/ E-Drums/ Synth/ Robotic vocals...
" - Gabriel FaureGabriel FauréGabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers...
– "Pavane Op. 50Pavane (Fauré)The Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, is a composition by the French composer Gabriel Fauré, written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional chorus...
" - GobGob (band)Gob is a Canadian punk band from Langley, British Columbia formed in 1993, The Band consists of Tom Thacker, Theo Goutzinakis, Gabe Mantle and Steven Fairweather. Gob's most successful album is World According to Gob and their most successful song to date is I Hear You Calling...
– "Mr. SandmanMr. Sandman"Mr. Sandman" is a popular song written by Pat Ballard which was published in 1954 and first recorded in that year by The Chordettes. The song's lyrics convey a request to "Mr...
" - Hans ZimmerHans ZimmerHans Florian Zimmer is a German film composer and music producer. He has composed music for over 100 films, including critically acclaimed film scores for The Lion King , Crimson Tide , The Thin Red Line , Gladiator , The Dark Knight and Inception .Zimmer spent the early part of his career in the...
– "God Yu Tekkem Laef Blong MiThe Thin Red Line (1998 film)The Thin Red Line is a 1998 American war film which tells a fictional story of United States forces during the Battle of Mount Austen in World War II. It portrays men in: C Company, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division; in particular those soldiers played by Sean Penn, Jim...
" - Laurie AndersonLaurie AndersonLaura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...
– "O SupermanO Superman"O Superman " is a 1981 song by experimental performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson. Part of the larger work United States, "O Superman", a half-sung, half-spoken, almost minimalist piece unexpectedly rose to #2 on the UK Singles Charts in 1981. Prior to the success of this song, Anderson...
" - NenaNenaGabriele Susanne Kerner , better known by her stage name Nena, is a German singer and actress. She rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song "99 Luftballons". In 1984, she re-recorded this song in English as "99 Red Balloons". Nena was also the name of the band with whom she...
– "99 Luftballons99 Luftballons"99 Luftballons" is a protest song by the German pop-rock band Nena from their 1983 self-titled album. Originally sung in German, it was later re-recorded in English as "99 Red Balloons" for their album 99 Luftballons in 1984...
" - Otis ReddingOtis ReddingOtis Ray Redding, Jr. was an American soul singer-songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the major figures in soul and R&B...
– "For Your Precious LoveFor Your Precious Love"For Your Precious Love" is a song written by Arthur Brooks, Richard Brooks and Jerry Butler, and performed by Butlers' group The Impressions in 1958. It was released as a single on Vee-Jay Records and peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Best Sellers in Stores and Top 100 charts...
" - Pierre Van DormaelPierre Van DormaelPierre Van Dormael , born in Brussels, Uccle, was a Belgian musician and composer.In 1988, he played with the James Baldwin Project with a.o. David Linx and Deborah Brown , Slide Hampton , Diederik Wissels , Bob Stewart and Michel Hatzigeorgiou...
– "Mr. NobodyMr. NobodyMr. Nobody may refer to:*A nickname for Sywald Skeid, a Romanian-born man*Mr. Nobody , a fictional character from the DC Comics universe*Mr. Nobody , part of the Mr. Men series of books, by Roger Hargreaves...
" - Pierre Van DormaelPierre Van DormaelPierre Van Dormael , born in Brussels, Uccle, was a Belgian musician and composer.In 1988, he played with the James Baldwin Project with a.o. David Linx and Deborah Brown , Slide Hampton , Diederik Wissels , Bob Stewart and Michel Hatzigeorgiou...
– "UndercoverUndercoverBeing undercover is disguising one's own identity or using an assumed identity for the purposes of gaining the trust of an individual or organization to learn secret information or to gain the trust of targeted individuals in order to gain information or evidence...
" - The Andrews SistersThe Andrews SistersThe Andrews Sisters were a highly successful close harmony singing group of the swing and boogie-woogie eras. The group consisted of three sisters: contralto LaVerne Sophia Andrews , soprano Maxene Angelyn Andrews , and mezzo-soprano Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews...
– "Rum and Coca-ColaRum and Coca-Cola“Rum and Coca-Cola” is the title of a popular calypso. Originally composed by Lord Invader and Lionel Belasco, it was copyrighted in the United States by entertainer Morey Amsterdam and became a huge hit in 1945 for the Andrews Sisters, spending ten weeks at the top of Billboard's U.S...
" - The ChordettesThe ChordettesThe Chordettes were a female popular singing quartet, usually singing a cappella, and specializing in traditional popular music. The Chordettes were one of the longest lived vocal groups with beginnings in the mainstream pop and vocal harmonies of the 1940s and early 1950s...
– "Mister Sandman" - Pixies – "Where Is My Mind?Where Is My Mind?"Where Is My Mind?" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies. It is the seventh track on their 1988 album Surfer Rosa. The song was written by frontman Black Francis while he attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, inspired by his experiences scuba diving in the Caribbean....
" - Vincenzo BelliniVincenzo BelliniVincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini was an Italian opera composer. His greatest works are I Capuleti ed i Montecchi , La sonnambula , Norma , Beatrice di Tenda , and I puritani...
– "Casta diva" - Wallace CollectionWallace Collection (band)Wallace Collection was a Belgian pop rock group active in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Wallace Collection was formed from the ashes of a group called Sylvester's Team, three of which began playing under the name 16th Century along with bassist Christian Jannsens and two members of the Belgian...
– "DaydreamDaydreamA daydream is a visionary fantasy, especially one of happy, pleasant thoughts, hopes or ambitions, imagined as coming to pass, and experienced while awake. There are many types of daydreams, and there is no consistent definition amongst psychologists. The general public also uses the term for a...
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