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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #64 Mr. Nobody

Published on March 14, 2012

#64. Mr. Nobody

Director/writer: Jaco Van Dormael
Producers: Philippe Godeau (Baise-moi)
Distributor: Currently Seeking Distribution

The Gist: “Mr Nobody” is inspired by the “butterfly effect” — the
chaos theory notion that the beat of a butterfly’s wings can cause a storm
thousands of miles away. Set in a world where only clones have survived, there
is one human left. The story is told in a non-linear, conceptual. Sarah Polley and Jared Leto star.

Fact: It has been more than a decade since Van Dormael has lensed a film (Le Huitième jour).

See It: Van Dormael doesn’t make enough films – meaning it takes his time in between projects. sounds delicious. Stylistically this may be interesting as well. Christopher Doyle is the DOP.

Release Date/Status?: Currently in post – this should be a Cannes film festival selection.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).