An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.
Acting
Mila Kunis breaks your heart in a courthouse bathroom scene.
Editing
Haggis weaves three timelines like he's showing off at a dinner party.
Production
Rome, Paris, New York—each city becomes a character in decay.
Director
Paul Haggis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Haggis wrote this during his own divorce and called it 'the most personal thing I've done'—which explains the raw messiness.
The three-city structure mirrors Dante's Divine Comedy: Rome as Hell (guilt), Paris as Purgatory (obsession), New York as Paradise (impossible redemption).
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