It's the story of a rather boring guy and a very lively girl who meet each other, get attracted and are on the verge of getting together when they find out that they share a history. Turns out that they were in a relationship. After a bad tussle the girl hired Lacuna Inc. to hire all traces of the memory that she had with the guy. The guy finds out, and decides to get it done for himself as well in his sleep. However, as the process is on and her memory is being erased, he realizes that he doesn't want to end it all.
The rest of the movie in his head. Actually, it starts like that. This bit is unraveled towards the end. The way the movie constantly shifts in time and space is amazing. The run- as he jumps into each of his memory trying to hold on to her is very touching. My favourite is the one where they sit in the drawing room and he tries to 'hide' her in his childhood memory. At this stage, with a shower in the drawing room there is a beautiful merge into the memory (of rains). However, he isn't successful in doing that and loses her memories, retaining just one tiny fragment in his subconscious. That's how the story comes to a full circle.I'm not quite going to give away all of it, as usual. You've got to explore it yourself. But I will tell you few of the things that I really liked. The plot is awesome, all the tiny threads have been beautifully set into a piece of embroidery. Everything has its own set of who's, how's and why's. The 'in-his-mind' sequence has been done very well. All the elements are so interconnected that I bet at least once during the movie you'll feel you're in the middle of a weird dream, trying very hard to wake up.
If you think it is one hopelessly romantic movie, sorry to disappoint you. There's much more to it. Definitely worth a watch, I promise!
