Continuity mistake: When he's flying into the lake after hitting the bird, he goes from just about landing on the beach to landing in the very middle of the lake. No way he would have made it that far out, compared to where he was headed in the last shot. You can see how shallow the water is, and then it cuts to extremely deep water. (00:56:40)
Mr. Nobody (2009)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Jaco Van Dormael
Starring: Jared Leto, Diane Kruger, Sarah Polley, Linh Dan Pham
The main principle of this film is entropy. This is the word used for things moving towards destruction and decay. For us the universe is constantly moving forward but there is a theory that one day The Big Crunch will happen and destroy the physics of entropy and maybe even make everything happen again but backwards. The Big Crunch is what happens at the end of this film and everything happens again but backwards. We can only presume that Mr. Nobody was the only person who knew he was going backwards and therefore the only person able to change events as they go backwards. The film ends with the image of child Nemo and child Anna (whose name is the same in reverse) throwing pebbles into the lake in reverse.
More mistakes in Mr. Nobody
Nemo age 9: If you mix the mashed potatoes and sauce, you can't separate them later. It's forever. The smoke comes out of Daddy's cigarette, but it never goes back in. We cannot go back. That's why it's hard to choose. You have to make the right choice. As long as you don't choose, everything remains possible.
Question: I'm confused about the ending. When talking to the journalist, the journalist looks to his right and he sees a young Nemo running to the train. Eventually, Nemo chooses to be with neither of his parents. Did Nemo's extremely long life actually happen or, was he actually still a child deciding what to do at that point and he only imagined possible futures?
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Answer: This film is mostly open up for interpretation but I understand it that young Nemo thought up older Nemo and it actually happened, maybe in an alternate universe. Don't forget that Nemo could remember the future so most of what he imagines is probably going to happen. Unfortunately he can't predict choice so he doesn't know which life happens so all of them happen at once and they don't happen as well because he chose to make no choice (Zugzwang). Hope that explained it.