Mr. Nobody

Mr. Nobody (2009)

Timing: 2:21 (141 min)

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Release date

2009-11-06

Country

Belgium, Canada, France, Germany

Production

Wild Bunch, SCOPE Pictures, France 2 Cinéma, France 3 Cinéma, Virtual Films, Pan Européenne Production, Lago Film, Christal Films, Pan-Européenne, Integral Film, Integral Films, Toto & Co Films

Genre

Science Fiction, Drama, Romance

Budget

$47 000 000

Revenue

$2 903 622

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Director

Jaco Van Dormael

Actors

Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh-Dan Pham, Rhys Ifans, Natasha Little, Toby Regbo, Juno Temple, Allan Corduner, Daniel Mays
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Scenario

Jaco Van Dormael

Producer

Philippe Godeau, Jean-Yves Asselin, Olivier Rausin, Daniel Marquet, Mark Gill, Nathalie Gastaldo

Operator

Christophe Beaucarne

Composer

Pierre van Dormael

Artist

Audition

Uwe Bünker

Editing

Susan Shipton, Matyas Veress
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• The voice of the 118-year-old man also belongs to Jared Leto without the use of computer technology.
• The film's soundtrack was the last work in cinema by the famous Belgian musician and composer Pierre Van Dormael (the director's brother), who died of cancer on September 3, 2008.
• Van Dormael's daughters appeared as angels in one of the scenes.
• The pre-production stage lasted a year, and post-production took fifteen months.
• The film features a cameo by the director – an unemployed Brazilian man boiling a chicken egg.
• "Nemo" translates from Latin as "Nobody." This is the name Odysseus gave to the Cyclops.
• A director's cut of the film exists with a runtime of 155 minutes.
• The street where Nemo's parents first met is called Butterfly Lane. This is a reference to the "butterfly effect" (a term in natural sciences meaning the property of some chaotic systems: a small influence on the system can have large and unpredictable consequences elsewhere and at another time).
• At the beginning of the film, a newspaper states that the old man is turning 118, when it should be 117, as it was the year 2092 and he was born in 1975.
• In the director's cut of the film, Nemo abruptly rides off on a moped without a helmet. In the next shot, the helmet is already on and fastened, and the street has become darker.