Mr.

Nobody (film)

Author: Jaco Van Dormael

Genre: Mr. Nobody is a 2009 science fiction drama film

Abstract:

The film tells the life story of Nemo Nobody, a 118-year-old man who is the last mortal on Earth
after the human race has achieved quasi-immortality. 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 thirty-four. 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.

about the film's director:

Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright.
His films especially focus on a respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and
physical disabilities.

Personal opinion:

Near the end of the movie, it is revealed that each of the lives that Nemo had lived were all in fact
made up. He had imagined these lives at age 9 when trying to determine whether to live with his
mother or his father. We, as viewers, get to see his different lives with different levels of happiness
and different lifestyles, and make our own decision about which life we think is the best one. The
truth remains though, that each life is just as good and meaningful as the next The quote, “Every
path is the right path. Everything could have been anything else and it would have just as much
meaning” sums up the movie perfectly. No one life was better, or more meaningful than the
others, they were simply different.

The conclusion to be made about this idea is that ultimately our decisions are not necessarily
connected to meaning. Be free with your decisions in knowing that you can still live a meaningful
life with however you make your choices.