Mr. Nobody

Nemo ist am Ende des 21. Jahrhunderts der älteste Mensch auf der Erde. Als Greis erinnert er sich zurück an ein Leben, in dem er passiv alles geschehen ließ - und das tatsächlich auch drei Leben auf verschiedenen Planeten gewesen sein könnte, die er mit drei verschiedenen Frauen gelebt hat. Seine Erinnerungen setzen sich zusammen zu einem regelrechten Kaleidoskop erlebter Erfahrungen. Faszinierender Fantasytrip, in dem Jaco van Dormael die Geschichte des ältesten Menschen auf der Erde erzählt.

In the year 2092, one hundred eighteen year old Nemo is recounting his life story to a reporter. He is less than clear, often times thinking that he is only thirty-four years of age. But his story becomes more confusing after he does focus on the fact of his current real age. He tells of his life at three primary points in his life: at age nine (when his parents divorced), age sixteen and age thirty-four. The confusing aspect of the story is that he tells of alternate life paths, often changing course with the flick of a decision at each of those ages. One life path has him ultimately married to Elise, a depressed woman who never got over the unrequited love she had for a guy named Stefano when she was a teenager and who asked Nemo to swear that when she died he would sprinkle her ashes on Mars. A second life path has him married to Jean. Their life is one of luxury but one also of utter boredom. And a third life path has him in a torrid romance with his step-sister Anna, the two who,...