Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Why watch

Starlit Cine editors

• Best for fans of romance with a science fiction twist; directed by Michel Gondry from a Charlie Kaufman script.
• Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood are in the cast.
• About 1 hour 44 minutes, told out of chronological order, so pay attention.

Synopsis

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American science fiction romantic comedy-drama film directed by Michel Gondry and written by Charlie Kaufman from a story by Gondry, Kaufman, and Pierre Bismuth. It stars Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet as a couple who undergo memory erasure after they break up. Kirsten Dunst, Mark Ruffalo, Elijah Wood and Tom Wilkinson appear in supporting roles. The title of the film is a quotation from the 1717 poem Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope. It uses elements of psychological drama and science fiction and a nonlinear narrative to explore the nature of memory and love.

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Director & cast

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  Michel Gondry

  Director

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  Jim Carrey

  Joel Barish

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  Kate Winslet

  Clementine Kruczynski

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  Kirsten Dunst

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  Mark Ruffalo

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  Elijah Wood

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  Tom Wilkinson

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  Jane Adams

• D

  David Cross