Maps of Movies

Mr. Nobody (2009)

Where Mr. Nobody says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Eleven lives, one choice on a platform, and almost no filming place the sources will name beyond Montreal and Brussels

Scenes and places

The last mortal in 2092

Old Nemo, 118 and the last mortal, is hypnotised by a psychiatrist and quizzed by a journalist, and tells them contradictory versions of his life. The film starts here and keeps coming back.

Set in Nemo's room, 2092 — A hospital-like room in the year 2092; no real-world location is given.

A near-future world where nobody else can die.

The platform where a 9-year-old must choose

Nine-year-old Nemo stands between his parents after their divorce and must say which one he will live with. As long as he doesn't choose, everything stays possible.

Set in Railway platform — Platform of an unnamed station; no real-world location is given.

The film replays this one decision as every life he might have lived.

Montreal, with his mother

Nemo goes to live with his mother in Montreal, where he grows up and, as a teenager, falls for Anna.

Set in Montreal — The mother's-side life starts in Montreal, which is also the one place the filming sources name outright. Google Maps · Apple Maps

The mother's-side life starts in Montreal, which is also the one place the filming sources name outright.

Filmed at Montreal, Quebec — Filming took place in Montreal; the sources name the city, not a street. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The beach and Anna's friends

At the beach Anna asks Nemo to swim with her and her friends. In one timeline he insults her friends and they hardly see each other again; in another he admits he cannot swim and they grow close.

Set in Beach — A beach; no real-world location is given.

The first fork on Anna's side of the story turns on a swim.

Years later, a station reunion

Years after losing touch, Nemo and Anna pass each other at a station and recognise each other at once. After a passionate reunion, Anna says she is not ready for a relationship.

Set in Train station — A train station; no real-world location is given.

A second railway scene, this time between two adults.

The lighthouse and the lost number

Anna asks Nemo to call her and meet her at a lighthouse, but he loses her number. He waits at the lighthouse every day and she does not come.

Set in Lighthouse — A lighthouse; no real-world location is given.

The lighthouse is the meeting point everything else depends on.

The car that goes into the lake

In the timeline where Nemo and Anna are married with children, he drives home from his television studio job, loses control of the car and it plunges into a lake.

Set in Lake road — A lake; no real-world location is given.

A drive home that ends in water, in a life where he never learned to swim.

England, with his father

Choosing his father, teenage Nemo lives in England with his disabled father and writes a science-fiction story about a journey to Mars. He falls in love with Elise, whose boyfriend is Stefano.

Set in Nemo's father's house, England — England; no specific place or filming location is given.

The second branch of the film, set in England, with no filming location named in any source.

The trip to Mars

In one version of his life with Elise, Nemo takes her ashes to Mars, as he had promised when they were teenagers. On the way back to Earth he meets Anna.

Set in Mars — Mars as imagined in the film.

A fictional Mars; the Wikipedia articles name no filming location for it.

The chauffeur, the hotel and the woods

Bored and rich, Nemo starts making every decision with a coin toss and claims to be the man a chauffeur is waiting for. The hotel he is taken to is not what he expected.

Set in Hotel and woods — A hotel and woods; no real-world location is given.

A fictional hotel and forest; no filming location is named.

The argyle world and the dilapidated house

Adult Nemo keeps waking in a surreal world of argyle patterns. Following clues he reaches a dilapidated house with a DVD player and television, where old Nemo tells him he has to stay alive until 5:50 a.m. on 12 February 2092.

Set in Argyle world and dilapidated house — A surreal limbo; no real-world location is given.

A dream-like place; whether it was a studio set is not stated in the sources.

Filmed at ACB Factory, Anderlecht, Brussels — Scene not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels — Scene not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Beaconsfield, Quebec — Scene not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Kirkland, Quebec — Scene not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Filmed at Babelsberg Studio, Potsdam — Scene not specified in the sources Google Maps · Apple Maps

Characters

• Nemo Nobody — The last mortal, remembering several contradictory lives from age 9 on.
• Anna — The girl Nemo loves in the lives he spends with his mother.
• Elise — The girl Nemo loves in the lives he spends with his father.