Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Joel Barish (Jim Carrey), heartbroken by the end of his relationship and that his girlfriend (Kate Winslet) underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realizes that he still loves her, and that it might be too late to correct his mistake.

Duration: 108
Production year: 2004
Country: United States of America
Subtitles: EN, Subtitles: PT

Oscars 2005 - Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman)
BAFTA 2005 - Best Original Screenplay (Charlie Kaufman), Best Editing (Valdís Óskarsdóttir)
American Film Institute 2005 - Best Film of the Year

Michel Gondry

Michel Gondry was born in France, in 1963. He grew up in Versailles with a family who was very influenced by pop music. As a young kid, Gondry wanted to be a painter or an inventor but as he grew older his interests switched more to the cultural field. He studied Art in Paris, specializing in graphic design. In that school, he met friends with whom he created a pop-rock band called Oui-Oui. Gondry was the drummer of the band and also directed their video clips. One of his videos was shown on MTV and when Bjork saw it, she asked him to make her first solo video for Human Behavior. He then went on to direct other Bjork videos, benefiting from huge budgets. Other artists, including Massive Attack, came to discover his work and partnered with him as well.

Hollywood became interested in Gondry´s success and he directed his first feature movie Human Nature in 2001. The film was an adaptation of Charlie Kaufman´s scenario and shown in the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. This allowed him to direct Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), for which he again collaborated with Charlie Kaufman. The movie became an immensely popular independent film and he and his co-writer won the Oscar for best original Screenplay with it.

Original title: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Michel Gondry

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