21 Grams (2003)

Alejandro González Iñárritu

This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers (Sean Penn) an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English emigré (Gainsbourg), Christina Peck (Naomi Watts), an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan (Benicio Del Toro), an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.

Paul Rivers: How many lives do we live? How many times do we die? They say we all lose 21 grams... at the exact moment of our death. Everyone. And how much fits into 21 grams? How much is lost? When do we lose 21 grams? How much goes with them? How much is gained? How much is gained? Twenty-one grams. The weight of a stack of five nickels. The weight of a hummingbird. A chocolate bar. How much did 21 grams weigh?
(8.5/10)