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5.3/10

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Drama Mystery Sci-Fi

After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory.After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory.After a global neurological epidemic, those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory.

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

2.3K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 18 wins & 10 nominations

Trivia
To understand how the characters' memory loss would manifest, writer and director Claire Carré researched Henry Mollison, who had his hippocampus removed as part of an experimental brain surgery to treat his epilepsy and then couldn't form any new memories for the rest of his life. She also researched Clive Wearing, a UK musician and composer who developed retrograde and anterograde amnesia after contracting a virus. Wearing is unable to form any lasting new memories; his memory "resets" after approximately 30 seconds, and he often thinks he just woke up from a coma.

Quotes
[first lines]
Guy: Okay, here it goes. Things to remember. The air in the morning in June. The sound of ice cream trucks. Emma's sleeping face. The first time I held Jasper. Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid. Running into the ocean. Driving around on Saturday nights with Frankie. My first car, the badger. My mother's garden and her hands. She had beautiful hands. The freckle on the back of Emma's knee. That's the kind of thing to remember, that freckle.
Guy: I will remember you. I will not forget you. Promise.

Soundtracks
Remember Tomorrow
(uncredited)
Written by Curt Wilson
Performed by Curt Wilson

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Featured review

9/10

Haunting and Beautiful

A film about memory that will trigger future memories for me of its many haunting moments and images. An incredibly ambitious accomplishment of genuine independent filmmaking (both in theme, design, and execution). The always delightful Jason Ritter (here in a heartbreaking role; a simple beat he takes with a water bottle is among the most poignant scenes in recent cinema), and some thoroughly confident and brilliant actors new-to-me whom I hope to see again (Iva Gocheva, Roberto Cots, Greta Fernandez) made this well worth the viewing, along with the surprise of discovering a director (Claire Carre) who will surely deliver many fascinating films in the future.