Until the End of the World story

movie: Until the End of the World (1991) · 1991-09-12

Set at the turn of the millennium in the shadow of a world-changing catastrophe, the follows two lovers as they are pursued across the globe, in a plot involving a device to record memories.

14 total · 3 major · 11 minor

ThemeLevelMotivation
blindness major Henri built a special device that enabled his blind wife, Edith, to see memories that'd been recorded from the brain of his son and also Claire.
memory recorder major Henry invented a kind of memory recorder that he used to let his blind wife see recordings of other people's memories.
romantic love major Claire and Sam fell passionately in love with each other.
bank robbery minor Claire involved herself with a couple of bank robbers by carrying their stolen cash to Paris in exchange for a cut of the money.
coping with the death of a child minor Sam was having a hard time getting over the death of his young son.
coping with the death of a spouse minor Henry pointedly mourned the passing of his beloved wife, Edith.
creative writing minor Eugene was working on a novel which he completed by the end of the film.
dream recorder minor Henry repurposed his memory recorder into a dream recorded in the tail end of the film.
father and son minor Sam had a rocky relationship with his father, Henry.
human addiction minor Claire became hopelessly addicted to viewing recordings of her own dreams.